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Level-k reasoning in a generalized beauty contest

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Authors

Shapiro, Dmitry; Shi, Xianwen; Zillante, Artie

Issue Date
2014-07
Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
Citation
GAMES AND ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR, Vol.86, pp.308-329
Keywords
GUESSING GAMESSOCIAL VALUEBEHAVIORINFORMATIONCOGNITIONMODELS
Abstract
We study how the predictive power of level-k models changes as we perturb the classical beauty contest setting along two dimensions: the strength of the coordination motive and the information symmetry. We use a variation of the Morris and Shin (2002) model as the unified framework for our study, and find that the predictive power of level-k models varies considerably along these two dimensions. Level-k models are successful in predicting subject behavior in settings with symmetric information and a strong coordination motive. Their predictive power weakens significantly when either private information is introduced or the importance of the coordination motive is decreased. (C) 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
ISSN
0899-8256
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/10371/202049
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geb.2014.04.002
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