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A NOTE ON REDUCED STRATEGIES AND COGNITIVE HIERARCHIES IN THE EXTENSIVE AND NORMAL FORM 0 0 0 13 4 9 24 38
A note on comparative ambiguity aversion and justi?fiability 0 0 1 47 0 6 24 104
Ambiguity Attitudes and Self-Confirming Equilibrium in Sequential Games 0 0 0 25 0 3 10 145
An Epistemic Characterisation of Extensive Form Rationalisability 0 0 0 93 1 2 7 861
An Epistemic Characterization of Extensive Form Rationalizability 0 0 0 60 0 2 11 395
Analysis of Information Feedback and Selfconfirming Equilibrium 0 0 0 71 0 6 22 134
Behavioral Equivalence of Extensive Game Structures 0 0 0 14 0 2 6 34
Behavioral Equivalence of Extensive Game Structures 0 0 0 12 0 1 6 21
Belief change, Rationality, and Strategic Reasoning in Sequential Games 1 1 1 27 1 7 22 98
Belief-Dependent Motivations and Psychological Game Theory 0 1 6 115 1 14 35 246
Belief-dependent Preferences and Reputation: Experimental Analysis of a Repeated Trust Game 0 0 1 129 1 4 18 159
Belief-dependent preferences and reputation: Experimental analysis of a repeated trust game 0 0 0 1 1 4 16 60
Beliefs, Plans, and Perceived Intentions in Dynamic Games 0 0 0 49 1 8 25 123
Buyer Power and Quality Improvement 0 0 0 171 0 5 20 692
Buyer Power and Quality Improvements 0 0 0 93 0 3 8 395
Context-Dependent Forward Induction Reasoning 0 0 0 47 1 6 17 167
Costly Contracting in a Long-Term Relationship 0 0 0 54 0 2 10 181
Costly Contracting in a Long-Term Relationship 0 0 1 113 0 3 10 537
Deception: The Role of Guilt 0 0 0 142 1 5 20 254
Disclosure of Belief-Dependent Preferences in a Trust Game 0 0 2 279 2 9 20 526
Dynamic Psychological Games 0 0 1 286 0 3 12 1,323
Dynamic Psychological Games 0 0 0 624 0 11 27 3,132
Epistemic Game Theory without Types Structures: An Application to Psychological Games 0 0 1 92 1 5 18 179
Frustration and Anger in Games 0 0 0 105 2 5 14 123
Frustration and Anger in Games 0 0 0 28 0 2 9 158
Frustration and Anger in the Ultimatum Game: An Experiment 0 0 1 87 0 9 37 293
Guilt and Inequality in Dictator Games 0 0 0 38 0 2 13 76
Guilt, Inequity, and Gender in a Dictator Game 0 3 15 69 5 12 48 147
Hierarchies of Conditional Beliefs and Interactive Epistemology in Dynamic Games 0 0 0 235 2 6 15 1,262
Imperfect Contracting 0 0 0 141 0 2 11 420
Incomplete Information Models of Guilt Aversion in the Trust Game 0 0 2 164 4 9 20 192
Incomplete Information Models of Guilt Aversion in the Trust Game 0 0 0 178 1 3 9 467
Incomplete-Information Models of Guilt Aversion in the Trust Game 0 0 0 0 0 5 12 33
Incorporating Belief-Dependent Motivation in Games Abstract:Psychological game theory (PGT), introduced by Geanakoplos, Pearce & Stacchetti (1989) and significantly generalized by Battigalli & Dufwenberg (2009), extends the standard gametheoretic framework by letting players' utility at endnodes depend on their interactive beliefs. While it is understood that a host of applications that model and/or test the role of emotional and other psychological forces find their home in PGT, the framework is abstract andcomprises complex mathematical objects, such as players' infinite hierarchies of beliefs. Thus,PGT provides little guidance on how to model specific belief-dependent motivations and usethem in game theoretic analysis. This paper takes steps to fill this gap. Some aspects are simplified - e.g., which beliefs matter - but others are refined and brought closer to applications by providing more structure. We start with belief-dependent motivations and showhow to embed them in game forms to obtain psychological games. We emphasize the role oftime and of the perception of players' intentions. We take advantage of progress made on the foundations of game theory to expand and improve on PGT solution concepts.JEL classification:C72; C73; D81; D82; D92. Keywords:Psychological game theory; Belief-dependent motivation; Intentions; Time;Rationalizability; Self-confirming equilibrium; Bayesian sequential equilibrium 0 1 1 109 0 5 16 323
Information Flows and Memory in Games 0 0 0 42 4 6 22 119
Interactive Beliefs and Forward Induction 0 0 0 1 0 4 14 294
Interactive Beliefs and Forward Induction 0 0 0 88 0 4 10 351
Interactive Epistemology and Solution Concepts for Games with Asymmetric Information 0 0 0 137 0 6 21 474
Interactive Epistemology in Simple Dynamic Games with a Continuum of Strategies 0 0 1 34 0 5 11 73
International agreements on product standard: an incomplete contracting theory 0 0 2 216 1 5 18 1,114
International agreements on product standards: an incomplete-contracting theory 0 0 0 134 3 5 12 629
Learning and Selfconfirming Equilibria in Network Games 0 0 0 19 1 7 10 51
Learning and Selfconfirming Equilibria in Network Games 0 0 0 26 0 3 14 44
M&A negotiations with limited information: how do opaque firms buy and get bought? 0 0 0 35 1 4 13 128
Mixed Extensions of Decision Problems under Uncertainty 0 0 1 84 0 3 13 205
On 'Reputation' Refinements with Heterogeneous Beliefs 0 0 0 28 1 4 7 66
Psychological Game Theory 0 0 1 383 1 22 48 895
RECENT RESULTS ON BELIEF, KNOWLEDGE AND THE EPISTEMIC FOUNDATIONS OF GAME THEORY 0 0 0 412 0 0 4 959
RECENT RESULTS ON BELIEF, KNOWLEDGE AND THE EPISTEMIC FOUNDATIONS OF GAME THEORY 0 0 0 6 1 5 21 55
Rationalizability in Incomplete Information Games 0 0 0 1 0 2 7 261
Rationalizable Bidding in General First-Price Auctions 0 0 0 138 0 3 11 602
Rationalization and Incomplete Information 0 0 1 290 1 5 17 633
Rationalization in Signaling Games: Theory and Applications 0 0 0 388 0 3 22 1,389
Selfconfirming Equilibrium and Model Uncertainty 0 0 0 128 0 6 22 271
Selfconfirming Equilibrium and Uncertainty 0 1 2 53 0 9 15 116
Sophisticated Reasoning, Learning, and Equilibrium in Repeated Games with Imperfect Feedback 0 0 0 18 0 3 16 42
Sources of Uncertainty and Subjective Prices 0 1 2 52 1 6 12 85
Strategies and interactive beliefs in dynamic games 0 0 1 91 0 5 10 260
Synchronic Information and Common Knowledge in Extensive Games 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 272
THE LOGIC OF BELIEF PERSISTENCY 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 20
The Epistemic Spirit of Divinity 0 0 0 14 1 3 22 31
Transparent Restrictions on Beliefs and Forward Induction Reasoning in Games with Asymmetric Information 0 0 0 94 1 4 20 267
Total Working Papers 1 8 44 6,624 46 313 1,014 23,004


Journal Article File Downloads Abstract Views
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A Note on Comparative Ambiguity Aversion and Justifiability 0 0 0 16 1 4 12 81
A Note on Stochastic Independence without Savage-Null Events 0 0 0 40 0 1 13 155
A framework for the analysis of self-confirming policies 0 0 0 2 0 3 10 13
Ambiguity attitudes and self-confirming equilibrium in sequential games 0 0 0 9 0 2 14 68
Analysis of information feedback and selfconfirming equilibrium 0 0 0 3 3 7 15 50
Behavioral equivalence of extensive game structures 0 0 0 4 1 6 16 41
Belief change, rationality, and strategic reasoning in sequential games 0 0 0 3 0 3 11 19
Belief-Dependent Motivations and Psychological Game Theory 0 0 8 51 1 8 36 129
Belief-dependent preferences and reputation: Experimental analysis of a repeated trust game 0 1 1 31 1 5 17 90
Beliefs, plans, and perceived intentions in dynamic games 0 0 1 8 1 5 15 60
Buyer power and quality improvements 0 0 0 80 0 1 9 281
Costly contracting in a long‐term relationship 0 0 1 58 0 2 17 208
Deception: The role of guilt 0 0 0 65 1 8 12 195
Disclosure of belief–dependent preferences in a trust game 0 0 0 0 3 4 4 4
Dynamic Consistency and Imperfect Recall 0 0 0 47 0 1 12 130
Dynamic psychological games 0 0 1 426 1 7 28 1,438
Editors' Note 0 0 0 3 0 2 8 53
Editors' note 0 0 0 6 0 1 8 62
Epistemic game theory without types structures: An application to psychological games 0 0 0 16 0 5 15 73
Forward induction reasoning revisited 0 0 0 22 0 6 20 176
Four textbooks on game theory 0 0 1 109 0 2 10 348
Frustration and anger in the Ultimatum Game: An experiment 0 0 1 23 1 4 16 125
Frustration, aggression, and anger in leader-follower games 0 0 0 33 0 7 27 165
Guilt aversion and inequality in dictator games 0 1 1 1 1 6 19 21
Guilt in Games 0 0 1 258 2 4 13 869
Hierarchies of Conditional Beliefs and Interactive Epistemology in Dynamic Games 0 0 1 88 0 3 20 309
Incomplete-Information Models of Guilt Aversion in the Trust Game 0 0 2 17 2 4 11 84
Incorporating belief-dependent motivation in games 0 0 0 31 0 3 24 123
Information flows and memory in games 0 0 1 2 0 2 11 25
Interactive Epistemology and Solution Concepts for Games with Asymmetric Information 0 0 0 48 0 4 15 193
Interactive beliefs, epistemic independence and strong rationalizability 0 0 0 50 0 1 14 223
Interactive epistemology in games with payoff uncertainty 0 0 0 40 0 4 15 151
Interactive epistemology in simple dynamic games with a continuum of strategies 1 1 1 9 3 5 21 74
Learning and self-confirming long-run biases 0 0 0 5 1 1 20 51
Learning and selfconfirming equilibria in network games 0 1 2 4 0 2 18 28
Mixed extensions of decision problems under uncertainty 0 0 0 20 0 6 14 77
Monotonicity and Robust Implementation Under Forward‐Induction Reasoning 0 0 0 0 3 6 6 6
On "Reputation" Refinements with Heterogeneous Beliefs 0 0 0 0 0 4 10 243
On Rationalizability in Extensive Games 0 0 0 135 1 2 14 344
RATIONALIZATION IN SIGNALING GAMES: THEORY AND APPLICATIONS 0 0 0 14 0 2 9 63
Rationalizability in infinite, dynamic games with incomplete information 0 0 0 112 0 5 20 323
Rationalizable bidding in first-price auctions 0 0 0 91 1 2 12 219
Rationalization and Incomplete Information 0 0 0 271 1 6 21 939
Recent results on belief, knowledge and the epistemic foundations of game theory 0 0 2 138 0 3 16 356
Rigidity, Discretion, and the Costs of Writing Contracts 0 0 1 229 1 8 24 948
Self-Confirming Equilibrium and Model Uncertainty 0 0 0 48 0 3 14 291
Sophisticated reasoning, learning, and equilibrium in repeated games with imperfect feedback 0 0 0 0 2 3 11 11
Strategic Independence and Perfect Bayesian Equilibria 0 0 1 82 0 1 17 298
Strategic Rationality Orderings and the Best Rationalization Principle 0 0 0 61 0 0 5 239
Strong Belief and Forward Induction Reasoning 0 0 0 226 1 3 17 604
Synchronic information, knowledge and common knowledge in extensive games 0 0 0 13 0 5 12 131
The Logic of Belief Persistence 0 0 0 9 1 1 14 73
The epistemic spirit of divinity 0 0 0 0 1 7 21 22
Transparent Restrictions on Beliefs and Forward-Induction Reasoning in Games with Asymmetric Information 0 0 0 21 0 3 11 84
Total Journal Articles 1 4 27 3,078 35 203 814 11,386


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