Uncertainty and Resistance to Reform in Laboratory Participation Games
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- Cason, Timothy N. & Mui, Vai-Lam, 2005. "Uncertainty and resistance to reform in laboratory participation games," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 21(3), pages 708-737, September.
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Keywords
Reform; Uncertainty; Experiment; Participation Game; Bounded Rationality; Quantal Response Equilibrium;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C92 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Group Behavior
- D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
- D80 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - General
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CDM-2004-10-30 (Collective Decision-Making)
- NEP-REG-2004-10-30 (Regulation)
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