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Toward an Explanation of Experimentally Obtained Outcomes to a Simple, Majority Rule Game

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  • T. Edward Westen

    (Department of Government and International Studies University of South Carolina)

  • James J. Buckley

    (Department of Mathematics and Computer Science University of South Carolina)

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The problem of so embarrassingly many solutions to n-person games is examined through the vehicle of a four-person simple, majority rule game. Ninety-seven experimental trials are employed to demonstrate that three different solutions (symmetric, inflated, and partitioned solutions) can be differentially predicted as one varies the structural characteristics of otherwise strictly identical games in character istic function form. The authors interpret their findings as an indication that systematic theory construction about the structure of conflict is a fruitful area for inquiry.

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  • T. Edward Westen & James J. Buckley, 1974. "Toward an Explanation of Experimentally Obtained Outcomes to a Simple, Majority Rule Game," Journal of Conflict Resolution, Peace Science Society (International), vol. 18(2), pages 198-236, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:jocore:v:18:y:1974:i:2:p:198-236
    DOI: 10.1177/002200277401800202
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    1. Riker, William H., 1967. "Bargaining in a Three-Person Game," American Political Science Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 61(3), pages 642-656, September.
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