Voluntary redistribution mechanism in asymmetric coordination games
Voluntary redistribution mechanism in asymmetric coordination games
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非对称协调博弈中的自愿再分配机制
DOI:
10.1007/s10683-021-09719-6
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发表时间:
2021
影响因子:
2.3
通讯作者:
Okano Yoshitaka
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作者:
Aoyagi Masaki;Nishimura Naoko;Okano Yoshitaka
An inequality game is an asymmetric 2 × 2 coordination game in which player 1 earns a substantially higher payoff than player 2 except in the inefficient Nash equilibrium (NE). The two players may have either common or conflicting interests over the two NE. This paper studies a redistribution scheme which allows the players to voluntarily transfer their payoffs after the play of an inequality game. We find that the redistribution scheme induces positive transfer from player 1 to player 2 in both common- and conflicting- interest games, and is particularly effective in increasing efficient coordination and reducing coordination failures in conflicting-interest games. We explain these findings by considering reciprocity by player 1 in response to the sacrifice made by player 2 in achieving efficient coordination in conflicting-interest games.