Title
The α-beauty contest: Choosing numbers, thinking intervals
Abstract
We present a model for the α-beauty contest that explains common patterns in experimental data of one-shot and iterative games. The approach is based on two basic assumptions. First, players iteratively update their recent guesses. Second, players estimate intervals rather than exact numbers to cope with incomplete knowledge of other players' rationality. Under these assumptions we extend the cognitive hierarchy model of Camerer et al. [Camerer, C., Ho, T., Chong, J., 2003b. A cognitive hierarchy model of one-shot games. Quart. J. Econ. 119, 861–898]. The extended model is estimated on experimental data from a newspaper experiment.
Year
DOI
Venue
2008
10.1016/j.geb.2008.02.008
Games and Economic Behavior
Keywords
Field
DocType
C70,C91,C93,D84
Mathematical economics,Incomplete knowledge,Experimental data,Computer science,CONTEST,Beauty,Newspaper,Cognitive Hierarchy Theory
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
64
2
0899-8256
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
0
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Enrico De Giorgi1222.03
Stefan Reimann271.98