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Communication, coordination and competition in the beauty contest game: Eleven classroom experiments

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dc.creator Alba Fernández, Virtudes
dc.creator Brañas-Garza, Pablo
dc.creator Jiménez Jiménez, Francisca
dc.creator Rodero, Javier
dc.date 2007-11-13T20:34:20Z
dc.date 2007-11-13T20:34:20Z
dc.date 2004
dc.date.accessioned 2017-01-31T00:58:30Z
dc.date.available 2017-01-31T00:58:30Z
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10261/2095
dc.identifier.uri http://dspace.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10261/2095
dc.description This paper introduces some new features in the standard experimental design of the beauty contest in order to allow communication among participants. With that aim, we use the mode instead of the mean and non-rival payoffs. This design encourages students to communicate their guessed number, with a higher probability if subjects know the 0 Nash equilibrium. The lack of communication can only be explained by subjects endowed with competitive other-regarding preferences. Experiments are run in 11 classrooms ranging from 11 to 60 students in size. Participants are given at least one week to submit their guesses and a questionnaire explaining their choice. Results indicate that: i) communication induces coordination in the responses, ii) communication does not guarantee any improvement in the average reasoning level, iii) there exist significative differences according to classroom size and duration of degree.
dc.description The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support from the University of Jaén R+D program (# 20210/148).
dc.language eng
dc.relation IESA Working Paper Series
dc.relation WP 16-04
dc.rights openAccess
dc.subject Beauty Contest Games
dc.subject Experiments
dc.subject Communication
dc.subject Coordination
dc.subject Competition
dc.subject Meta-analysis
dc.title Communication, coordination and competition in the beauty contest game: Eleven classroom experiments
dc.type Documento de trabajo


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