Relative versus Absolute Speed of Adjustment in Strategic Environments: Responder Behavior in Ultimatum Games

A-Tier
Journal: Experimental Economics
Year: 2003
Volume: 6
Issue: 2
Pages: 181-207

Score contribution per author:

1.005 = (α=2.01 / 4 authors) × 2.0x A-tier

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

Abstract

Learning models predict that the relative speed at which players in a game adjust their behavior has a critical influence on long term behavior. In an ultimatum game, the prediction is that proposers learn not to make small offers faster than responders learn not to reject them. We experimentally test whether relative speed of learning has the predicted effect, by manipulating the amount of experience accumulated by proposers and responders. The experiment allows the predicted learning by responders to be observed, for the first time. Copyright Kluwer Academic Publishers 2003

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:kap:expeco:v:6:y:2003:i:2:p:181-207
Journal Field
Experimental
Author Count
4
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2026-01-25