Camerer, Colin F. and Knez, Marc J. and Weber, Roberto A. (1996) Timing and Virtual Observability in Ultimatum Bargaining and Weak Link Coordination Games. Social Science Working Paper, 970. California Institute of Technology , Pasadena, CA. (Unpublished) https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20170816-134044325
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Abstract
Previous studies have shown that simply knowing some players move first can affect behavior in games, even when the first-movers' moves are unobservable. This observation violates the game-theoretic principle that timing of unobserved moves is irrelevant. We extend this work by varying timing of unobservable moves in ultimatum bargaining games and "weak link" coordination games. Timing without observability affects both bargaining and coordination, but only weakly. The results are consistent with theories that allow "virtual observability" of first-mover choices, rather than theories in which timing matters only because first-mover advantage is used as a principle of equilibrium selection.
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Alternate Title: | Timing and Virtual Observability in Ultimatum Bargaining and "Weak Link" Coordination Games | ||||||
Additional Information: | We thank Gary Bolton, Yuval Rottenstreich, participants in the Chicago GSB Behavioral Science brown bag lunch workshop, the Wharton Decision Processes workshop, and the 1996 Public Choice Society meeting for ideas, and NSF grant SBR-9511001 for financial support. Published as Weber, Roberto A., Colin F. Camerer, and Marc Knez. "Timing and virtual observability in ultimatum bargaining and “weak link” coordination games." Experimental Economics 7, no. 1 (2004): 25-48. | ||||||
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Subject Keywords: | timing, coordination games, experiments | ||||||
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Deposited By: | Jacquelyn Bussone | ||||||
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