On the behavior of proposers in ultimatum games

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 617-631

  Brenner, Thomas ^a   Vriend, Nicolaas J ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bounded rationality; Gittins index; Laboratory experiment; Multi armed bandit; Non equilibrium behavior; Optimal learning; Ultimatum game

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751507177     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2004.07.014     Document Type: Article

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