Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/25802 
Full metadata record
Appears in Collections:
DC FieldValueLanguage
dc.contributor.authorAmegashie, J. Atsuen
dc.date.accessioned2006-09-06-
dc.date.accessioned2009-07-28T08:12:19Z-
dc.date.available2009-07-28T08:12:19Z-
dc.date.issued2006-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/25802-
dc.description.abstractIn psychological games, higher-order beliefs, emotions, and motives - in addition to actions - affect players' payoffs. Suppose you are tolerated as opposed to being genuinely accepted by your peers and friends . In particular, suppose you are invited to a party, movie, dinner, etc not because your company is desired but because the inviter would feel guilty if she did not invite you. In all of these cases, it is conceivable that the intention behind the action will matter and hence will affect your payoffs. I model intentions in a dynamic psychological game under incomplete information. I find a complex social interaction in this game. In particular, a player may stick to a strategy of accepting every invitation with the goal of discouraging insincere invitations. This may lead one to erroneously infer that this player is eagerly waiting for an invitation, when indeed his behavior is driven more by strategic considerations than by an excessive desire for social acceptance. I discuss how being tolerated but not being truly accepted can explain the rejection of mutually beneficial trades, the choice of identity, social exclusion, marital divorce, and its implication for political correctness and affirmative action.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aCenter for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo) |cMunichen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aCESifo Working Paper |x1757en
dc.subject.jelC73en
dc.subject.jelJ16en
dc.subject.jelZ13en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.titleIntentions and social interactions-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn517016052en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

Files in This Item:
File
Size
206.67 kB





Items in EconStor are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.