Arbeitspapier

Exploring Group Behavior in a Power-to-Take Video Experiment

This paper experimentally explores group decision-making in a two-player power-to-take game. Discussions preceding group decisions are video taped and analyzed. Each subject first earns an income in an individual effort task preceding the game. The game consists of two stages. First, one group can claim any part of the income of the other group (take rate). Then, the latter group can respond by destroying own income. The results show that (1) although group behavior is in line with individual behavior, group behavior depends crucially on the decision rules that subject use to arrive at their group decision; (2) groups ignore the decision rule of their ‘opponents’ and typically view other groups as if they were single agents; (3) perceptions of fairness are prone to the so-called self-serving bias. (4) expectations are often not consistent with actual outcomes.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: Bonn Econ Discussion Papers ; No. 7/2002

Classification
Wirtschaft
Relation of Economics to Other Disciplines
Noncooperative Games
Design of Experiments: Laboratory, Individual
Design of Experiments: Laboratory, Group Behavior
Subject
groups
decision rule
fairness
experiment
video

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Bosman, Ronald
Hennig-Schmidt, Heike
vanWinden, Frans
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
University of Bonn, Bonn Graduate School of Economics (BGSE)
(where)
Bonn
(when)
2002

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  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Bosman, Ronald
  • Hennig-Schmidt, Heike
  • vanWinden, Frans
  • University of Bonn, Bonn Graduate School of Economics (BGSE)

Time of origin

  • 2002

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