An Experimental Study of the Centipede Game

We report on an experiment in which individuals play a version of the centipede game. In this game, two players alternately get a chance to take the larger portion of a continually escalating pile of money. As soon as one person takes, the game ends with that player getting the larger portion of the...

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Veröffentlicht in:Econometrica. - Wiley. - 60(1992), 4, Seite 803-836
1. Verfasser: McKelvey, Richard D. (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Palfrey, Thomas R.
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 1992
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Econometrica
Schlagworte:Game theory experiments rationality altruism Mathematics Behavioral sciences Economics Social sciences Philosophy Applied sciences
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