The Minority of Three-Game: An Experimental and Theoretical Analysis

Autor: Werner Güth, Thorsten Chmura
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: Games, Vol 2, Iss 3, Pp 333-354 (2011)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2073-4336
DOI: 10.3390/g2030333
Popis: We report experimental results on the minority of three-game, where three players choose one of two alternatives and the most rewarding alternative is the one chosen by a single player. This coordination game has many asymmetric equilibria in pure strategies that are non-strict and payoff-asymmetric and a unique symmetric mixed strategy equilibrium in which each player’s behavior is based on the toss of a fair coin. This straightforward behavior is predicted by equilibrium selection, impulse-balance equilibrium, and payoff-sampling equilibrium. Experimental participants rely on various decision rules, and only a quarter of them perfectly randomize.
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