Cognitive effort in the Beauty Contest Game

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 254-260

  Brañas Garza, Pablo ^a   García Muñoz, Teresa ^a   González, Roberto Hernán ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beauty contest game; Cognitive reflection test; Raven

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862764799     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2012.05.018     Document Type: Article

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