Doctoral Dissertation Research: The Effect of Social Uncertainty in Networks of Social Exchange

Karen S Cook, Eric rice .本项目发展了一种不确定条件下交换行为的正式理论，并通过实验室实验对该理论进行了部分检验。人们对交换网络中的行为进行了多年的研究，并发展了一些理论，可以相当准确地预测联盟和点分裂。在这项工作的基础上，该理论预测了处于不同议价能力地位的行动者的不同策略。它使用了卡尼曼和特沃斯基研究不确定性的想法。该理论的新机制是参考依赖、敏感度递减和损失厌恶。这些方法都在博弈论中得到了广泛的应用，本课题将其应用于网络议价案例。研究结果将用于进一步发展对结构性权力和合作行为在预测议价机制和收益中的相互关系的理论理解。

SES-0002285PI: Karen S Cook, Eric RiceThis project develops a formal theory of exchange behavior under conditions of uncertainty, and provides a partial test of the theory using laboratory experiments. Behavior in exchange networks has been studied for many years, and several theories have been developed that predict coalitions and point splits quite accurately. Building on that work, this theory predicts different strategies for actors in positions differing in bargaining power. It uses ideas from work on uncertainty by Kahneman and Tversky. New mechanisms in this theory are reference dependence, diminishing sensitivity, and loss aversion. All have been widely used in theories of games, and this project adapts them to the case of network bargaining. Results will be used to further develop theoretical understanding of interrelations of structural power and co-actors behavior in predicting bargaining mechanisms and winnings.