How Salient is an Equal but Inefficient Outcome in a Coordination Situation? Some Experimental Evidence
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Keywords
equality; efficiency; coordination; salience; level-k model;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C70 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - General
- C72 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Noncooperative Games
- C92 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Group Behavior
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EXP-2014-09-08 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-GTH-2014-09-08 (Game Theory)
- NEP-HPE-2014-09-08 (History and Philosophy of Economics)
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