The strategy versus the direct-response method: a first survey of experimental comparisons

J Brandts, G Charness - Experimental Economics, 2011 - Springer
In this paper, we present a first survey of the literature regarding whether the strategy
method, in which a responder makes conditional decisions for each possible information set …

Cooperation in repeated interactions: A systematic review of Centipede game experiments, 1992–2016

EM Krockow, AM Colman… - European Review of Social …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Cooperation is a fundamental form of social interaction, and turn-taking reciprocity one of its
most familiar manifestations. The Centipede game provides a formal model of such …

Promoting cooperation in nonlinear social dilemmas through peer punishment

TN Cason, L Gangadharan - Experimental Economics, 2015 - Springer
Many social dilemmas exhibit nonlinearities and equilibrium outcomes in the interior of the
choice space. This paper reports a laboratory experiment studying whether peer punishment …

I'm sorry about the rain! Superfluous apologies demonstrate empathic concern and increase trust

AW Brooks, H Dai… - Social Psychological and …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Existing apology research has conceptualized apologies as a device to rebuild relationships
following a transgression. Individuals, however, often apologize for circumstances for which …

Continuity, inertia, and strategic uncertainty: A test of the theory of continuous time games

E Calford, R Oprea - Econometrica, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The theory of continuous time games (Simon and Stinchcombe (1989), Bergin and MacLeod
(1993)) shows that continuous time interactions can generate very different equilibrium …

Invariance of equilibrium to the strategy method I: theory

DL Chen, M Schonger - Journal of the Economic Science Association, 2024 - Springer
This article highlights a potential and significant economic–theoretical bias in the widely
used strategy method (SM) technique. Although SM is commonly employed to analyze …

Clocks and trees: Isomorphic Dutch auctions and centipede games

JC Cox, D James - Econometrica, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
We report an experiment on effects of varying institutional format and dynamic structure of
centipede games and Dutch auctions. Centipede games with a clock format unravel, as …

Dynamic volunteer's dilemmas over a finite horizon: an experimental study

H Otsubo, A Rapoport - Journal of Conflict Resolution, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
Volunteer's dilemmas that evolve over time are presented and modeled as noncooperative n-
person games in extensive form with symmetric players, discrete time, finite horizon, and …

Cost-sharing in directed networks: Experimental study of equilibrium choice and system dynamics

C Liu, V Mak, A Rapoport - Journal of Operations Management, 2015 - Elsevier
This study reports the results of an experiment on directed networks with positive
externalities induced by cost-sharing. Subjects participated in a network game in which they …

Explaining behavior in public goods games: How preferences and beliefs affect contribution levels

RO Murphy, KA Ackermann - Available at SSRN 2244895, 2013 - papers.ssrn.com
There is a large body of evidence showing that a substantial proportion of people contribute
positive amounts in public goods games, even if the situation is one-shot and completely …