Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/74241 
Year of Publication: 
2005
Series/Report no.: 
Nota di Lavoro No. 107.2005
Publisher: 
Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM), Milano
Abstract: 
We present experiments on repeated non-cooperative network formation games, based on Bala and Goyal (2000). We treat the one-way and the two-ways flow models, each for high and low link costs. The models show both multiple equilibria and coordination problems. We conduct experiments under various conditions which control for salient labeling and learning dynamics. Contrary to previous experiments, we find that coordination on non-empty Strict Nash equilibria is not an easy task for subjects to achieve, even in the mono-directional model where the Strict Nash equilibria is a wheel. We find that salience significantly helps coordination, but only when subjects are pre-instructed to think of the wheel network as a reasonable way to play the networking game. Evidence on learning behavior provides support for subjects choosing strategies consistent with various learning rules, which include as the main ones Reinforcement and Fictitious Play.
Subjects: 
Experiments
Networks
Behavioral game theory
Salience
Learning dynamics
JEL: 
C92
C72
D83
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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