Learning (not) to yield: An experimental study of evolving ultimatum game behavior

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 47, Issue , 2013, Pages 47-54

  Avrahami, Judith ^a   Güth, Werner ^b   Hertwig, Ralph ^c   Kareev, Yaakov ^a   Otsubo, Hironori ^d  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b Growth and Public Policy   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^d SOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Experiment; Learning; Regret; Reputation; Ultimatum bargaining game

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884940431     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2013.08.009     Document Type: Article

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