Repeated price competition between individuals and between teams

B-Tier
Journal: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
Year: 2008
Volume: 66
Issue: 3-4
Pages: 808-821

Authors (4)

Bornstein, Gary (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) Kugler, Tamar (not in RePEc) Budescu, David V. (not in RePEc) Selten, Reinhard

Score contribution per author:

0.503 = (α=2.01 / 4 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

We conducted an experimental study of price competition in a duopolistic market. The market was operationalized as a repeated game between two "teams" with one, two, or three players in each team. We found that asking (and winning) prices were significantly higher in competition between individuals than in competition between two- or three-person teams. There were no general effects of team size, but prices increased with time when each team member was paid his or her own asking price and decreased when the team's profits were divided equally. This result is consistent with a simple model of individual learning.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:jeborg:v:66:y:2008:i:3-4:p:808-821
Journal Field
Theory
Author Count
4
Added to Database
2026-01-24