HOW PORTABLE IS LEVEL-0 BEHAVIOR? A TEST OF LEVEL-k THEORY IN GAMES WITH NON-NEUTRAL FRAMES

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Heap, Shaun Hargreaves; Rojo Arjona, David; Sugden, Robert
• 署名单位: University of London; King's College London; Chapman University System; Chapman University; University of East Anglia
• 刊物名称: ECONOMETRICA
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0012-9682
• DOI: 10.3982/ECTA11132
• 发表日期: 2014
• 页码: 1133-1151
• 关键词: Focal points; SALIENCE; models

摘要

We test the portability of level-0 assumptions in level-k theory in an experimental investigation of behavior in Coordination, Discoordination, and Hide and Seek games with common, non-neutral frames. Assuming that level-0 behavior depends only on the frame, we derive hypotheses that are independent of prior assumptions about salience. Those hypotheses are not confirmed. Our findings contrast with previous research which has fitted parameterized level-k models to Hide and Seek data. We show that, as a criterion of successful explanation, the existence of a plausible model that replicates the main patterns in these data has a high probability of false positives.