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The focus of this research note is on decision-making experiments in which individuals calculate strategies contingent on the actions of others. These settings are important for politics, economics, and sociology. Debate, discussion, and maneuvering over policies Me at the heart of politics. In economies, individuals face the task of developing optimal trading strategies in order to maximize profits from exchange. In sociology, social relations often resemble games in which individuals choose among behavioral strategies when vying for socially valued goods such as status. In each instance, these strategic choices depend on the choices by others in the same setting. Consequently it is the interaction of decision makers that is essential to understanding most decisionmaking processes. W ben examining strategy behavior many researchers have found it advantageous to use experimental laboratory methods. The proliferation of computers, from micros to mainframes, in AUTH-G]kS'NOTE. The authors grqtefufly ~~kno~r~,~~ge the support provided hy a research grant from the Provost ~v Office at Rice University and the typing skills of Patsy Garcia. in addition, comments by anonymous revkwers were quite helpful.-SIMUL~TKM~&CAMES.
The focus of this research note is on decision-making experiments in which individuals calculate strategies contingent on the actions of others. These settings are important for politics, economics, and sociology. Debate, discussion, and maneuvering over policies Me at the heart of politics. In economies, individuals face the task of developing optimal trading strategies in order to maximize profits from exchange. In sociology, social relations often resemble games in which individuals choose among behavioral strategies when vying for socially valued goods such as status. In each instance, these strategic choices depend on the choices by others in the same setting. Consequently it is the interaction of decision makers that is essential to understanding most decisionmaking processes. W ben examining strategy behavior many researchers have found it advantageous to use experimental laboratory methods. The proliferation of computers, from micros to mainframes, in AUTH-G]kS'NOTE. The authors grqtefufly ~~kno~r~,~~ge the support provided hy a research grant from the Provost ~v Office at Rice University and the typing skills of Patsy Garcia. in addition, comments by anonymous revkwers were quite helpful.-SIMUL~TKM~&CAMES.
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