Persuasion in experimental ultimatum games
Andersson, Ola; Galizzi, Matteo M.
; Hoppe, Tim; Kranz, Sebastian; der Wiel, Karen van; and Wengström, Erik
(2010)
Persuasion in experimental ultimatum games
Economics Letters, 108 (1).
pp. 16-18.
ISSN 0165-1765
We study persuasion effects in experimental ultimatum games and find that Proposers' payoffs significantly increase if, along with offers, they can send messages which Responders read before deciding. Higher payoffs are driven by both lower offers and higher acceptance rates.
| Item Type | Article |
|---|---|
| Copyright holders | © 2010 Elsevier |
| Keywords | Persuasion; Communication in games; Cheap talk |
| Departments | Social Policy |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.econlet.2010.03.011 |
| Date Deposited | 19 Feb 2015 15:47 |
| URI | https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/61010 |
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