Asymmetric dominance and phantom decoy effects in games

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 193-206

  Colman, Andrew M ^a   Pulford, Briony D ^a   Bolger, Fergus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asymmetric dominance; Confidence; Focal point; Game theory; Property alpha; Reason based choice; Strategic dominance

Indexed keywords

EID: 35748937032     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2007.03.001     Document Type: Article

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