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

SES-0002285PI：凯伦·S·库克，埃里克·里斯这个项目发展了一个关于不确定条件下交换行为的形式化理论，并使用实验室实验对该理论进行了部分测试。交换网络中的行为已经被研究了很多年，已经发展出几种理论来非常准确地预测联盟和点分裂。在这项工作的基础上，这一理论预测了处于不同议价能力地位的参与者的不同策略。它使用了Kahneman和Tversky在不确定性方面所做的工作。这一理论的新机制是参考依赖、敏感度递减和损失厌恶。所有这些都在博弈论中得到了广泛的应用，本项目将它们适应于网络讨价还价的情况。研究结果将被用来进一步从理论上理解结构性权力和共同参与者行为在预测讨价还价机制和赢利方面的相互关系。

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.