Multi-dimensional reasoning in competitive resource allocation games: Evidence from intra-team communication

Arad, Ayala and Penczynski, Stefan P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5477-6830 (2024) Multi-dimensional reasoning in competitive resource allocation games: Evidence from intra-team communication. Games and Economic Behavior, 144. pp. 355-377. ISSN 0899-8256

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Abstract

We experimentally investigate behavior and reasoning in various competitive resource allocation games with large strategy spaces. In the experiment, a team of two players plays as one entity against other teams. Team members communicate with one another before choosing a strategy. We analyze their messages using three different classification approaches and find that the vast majority of players think in terms of dimensions or characteristics of strategies rather than in terms of individual elements of the strategy space. Furthermore, the dimensions’ metric allows linking the reasoning across the different games. Thus, we suggest that multi-dimensional reasoning is a frequently used decision procedure that connects the behavior observed in various resource allocation games.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Economics
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Behavioural Economics Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Centres > Centre for Behavioural and Experimental Social Sciences
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	04 Mar 2024 18:35
Last Modified:	04 Mar 2024 18:35
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/94518
DOI:	10.1016/j.geb.2024.01.016

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