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A NOTE ON REDUCED STRATEGIES AND COGNITIVE HIERARCHIES IN THE EXTENSIVE AND NORMAL FORM 0 0 0 13 2 9 16 29
A note on comparative ambiguity aversion and justi?fiability 0 0 1 47 0 8 19 98
Ambiguity Attitudes and Self-Confirming Equilibrium in Sequential Games 0 0 0 25 2 5 7 142
An Epistemic Characterisation of Extensive Form Rationalisability 0 0 0 93 0 5 6 859
An Epistemic Characterization of Extensive Form Rationalizability 0 0 0 60 1 6 11 393
Analysis of Information Feedback and Selfconfirming Equilibrium 0 0 1 71 0 8 17 128
Behavioral Equivalence of Extensive Game Structures 0 0 0 12 1 5 5 20
Behavioral Equivalence of Extensive Game Structures 0 0 0 14 2 3 4 32
Belief change, Rationality, and Strategic Reasoning in Sequential Games 0 0 0 26 3 11 16 91
Belief-Dependent Motivations and Psychological Game Theory 0 1 6 114 3 12 24 232
Belief-dependent Preferences and Reputation: Experimental Analysis of a Repeated Trust Game 0 0 1 129 0 9 14 155
Belief-dependent preferences and reputation: Experimental analysis of a repeated trust game 0 0 0 1 0 6 13 56
Beliefs, Plans, and Perceived Intentions in Dynamic Games 0 0 0 49 1 10 17 115
Buyer Power and Quality Improvement 0 0 0 171 1 11 17 687
Buyer Power and Quality Improvements 0 0 0 93 0 3 5 392
Context-Dependent Forward Induction Reasoning 0 0 0 47 0 9 12 161
Costly Contracting in a Long-Term Relationship 1 1 1 113 1 5 9 534
Costly Contracting in a Long-Term Relationship 0 0 0 54 0 8 8 179
Deception: The Role of Guilt 0 0 0 142 2 13 17 249
Disclosure of Belief-Dependent Preferences in a Trust Game 0 0 7 279 1 8 23 517
Dynamic Psychological Games 0 0 1 624 1 11 19 3,121
Dynamic Psychological Games 0 0 1 286 0 4 10 1,320
Epistemic Game Theory without Types Structures: An Application to Psychological Games 0 1 1 92 2 10 13 174
Frustration and Anger in Games 0 0 0 28 1 3 9 156
Frustration and Anger in Games 0 0 0 105 1 6 9 118
Frustration and Anger in the Ultimatum Game: An Experiment 0 0 1 87 2 17 30 284
Guilt and Inequality in Dictator Games 0 0 2 38 1 9 15 74
Guilt, Inequity, and Gender in a Dictator Game 2 3 16 66 4 15 43 135
Hierarchies of Conditional Beliefs and Interactive Epistemology in Dynamic Games 0 0 0 235 3 7 9 1,256
Imperfect Contracting 0 0 0 141 0 4 11 418
Incomplete Information Models of Guilt Aversion in the Trust Game 0 0 0 178 1 6 6 464
Incomplete Information Models of Guilt Aversion in the Trust Game 0 0 2 164 1 4 12 183
Incomplete-Information Models of Guilt Aversion in the Trust Game 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 28
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 0 0 108 0 5 13 318
Information Flows and Memory in Games 0 0 1 42 1 11 18 113
Interactive Beliefs and Forward Induction 0 0 0 88 0 4 6 347
Interactive Beliefs and Forward Induction 0 0 0 1 2 9 10 290
Interactive Epistemology and Solution Concepts for Games with Asymmetric Information 0 0 0 137 1 9 15 468
Interactive Epistemology in Simple Dynamic Games with a Continuum of Strategies 0 0 1 34 0 3 6 68
International agreements on product standard: an incomplete contracting theory 1 2 2 216 1 9 15 1,109
International agreements on product standards: an incomplete-contracting theory 0 0 0 134 1 3 7 624
Learning and Selfconfirming Equilibria in Network Games 0 0 0 26 0 9 11 41
Learning and Selfconfirming Equilibria in Network Games 0 0 0 19 0 2 4 44
M&A negotiations with limited information: how do opaque firms buy and get bought? 0 0 0 35 0 3 10 124
Mixed Extensions of Decision Problems under Uncertainty 0 0 1 84 0 7 11 202
On 'Reputation' Refinements with Heterogeneous Beliefs 0 0 0 28 0 3 4 62
Psychological Game Theory 0 0 1 383 9 13 29 873
RECENT RESULTS ON BELIEF, KNOWLEDGE AND THE EPISTEMIC FOUNDATIONS OF GAME THEORY 0 0 0 412 0 2 5 959
RECENT RESULTS ON BELIEF, KNOWLEDGE AND THE EPISTEMIC FOUNDATIONS OF GAME THEORY 0 0 0 6 3 11 16 50
Rationalizability in Incomplete Information Games 0 0 0 1 0 3 5 259
Rationalizable Bidding in General First-Price Auctions 0 0 0 138 1 5 9 599
Rationalization and Incomplete Information 0 0 1 290 3 9 12 628
Rationalization in Signaling Games: Theory and Applications 0 0 0 388 3 15 20 1,386
Selfconfirming Equilibrium and Model Uncertainty 0 0 0 128 2 9 16 265
Selfconfirming Equilibrium and Uncertainty 0 0 1 52 2 5 6 107
Sophisticated Reasoning, Learning, and Equilibrium in Repeated Games with Imperfect Feedback 0 0 0 18 2 10 13 39
Sources of Uncertainty and Subjective Prices 0 0 1 51 1 5 6 79
Strategies and interactive beliefs in dynamic games 0 0 2 91 1 4 6 255
Synchronic Information and Common Knowledge in Extensive Games 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 271
THE LOGIC OF BELIEF PERSISTENCY 0 0 0 1 1 3 4 20
The Epistemic Spirit of Divinity 0 0 0 14 6 16 19 28
Transparent Restrictions on Beliefs and Forward Induction Reasoning in Games with Asymmetric Information 0 0 0 94 1 11 16 263
Total Working Papers 4 8 52 6,616 78 452 771 22,691


Journal Article File Downloads Abstract Views
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A Note on Comparative Ambiguity Aversion and Justifiability 0 0 1 16 0 5 9 77
A Note on Stochastic Independence without Savage-Null Events 0 0 0 40 2 7 12 154
A framework for the analysis of self-confirming policies 0 0 0 2 1 6 7 10
Ambiguity attitudes and self-confirming equilibrium in sequential games 0 0 0 9 1 9 14 66
Analysis of information feedback and selfconfirming equilibrium 0 0 0 3 2 5 8 43
Behavioral equivalence of extensive game structures 0 0 0 4 2 7 11 35
Belief change, rationality, and strategic reasoning in sequential games 0 0 0 3 1 5 9 16
Belief-Dependent Motivations and Psychological Game Theory 1 2 10 51 2 6 38 121
Belief-dependent preferences and reputation: Experimental analysis of a repeated trust game 0 0 0 30 0 5 12 85
Beliefs, plans, and perceived intentions in dynamic games 0 0 2 8 2 6 11 55
Buyer power and quality improvements 0 0 0 80 3 6 9 280
Costly contracting in a long‐term relationship 1 1 1 58 4 11 16 206
Deception: The role of guilt 0 0 0 65 0 2 6 187
Dynamic Consistency and Imperfect Recall 0 0 0 47 2 10 11 129
Dynamic psychological games 0 0 8 426 3 9 30 1,431
Editors' Note 0 0 0 3 0 4 6 51
Editors' note 0 0 0 6 0 7 7 61
Epistemic game theory without types structures: An application to psychological games 0 0 1 16 1 4 12 68
Forward induction reasoning revisited 0 0 0 22 4 11 14 170
Four textbooks on game theory 0 0 1 109 1 6 8 346
Frustration and anger in the Ultimatum Game: An experiment 0 0 1 23 1 5 13 121
Frustration, aggression, and anger in leader-follower games 0 0 0 33 1 14 24 158
Guilt aversion and inequality in dictator games 0 0 0 0 6 10 15 15
Guilt in Games 0 1 1 258 1 7 11 865
Hierarchies of Conditional Beliefs and Interactive Epistemology in Dynamic Games 0 0 1 88 2 11 17 306
Incomplete-Information Models of Guilt Aversion in the Trust Game 1 1 2 17 1 3 7 80
Incorporating belief-dependent motivation in games 0 0 0 31 3 10 22 120
Information flows and memory in games 1 1 1 2 2 4 13 23
Interactive Epistemology and Solution Concepts for Games with Asymmetric Information 0 0 0 48 3 10 11 189
Interactive beliefs, epistemic independence and strong rationalizability 0 0 0 50 4 11 14 222
Interactive epistemology in games with payoff uncertainty 0 0 0 40 2 9 11 147
Interactive epistemology in simple dynamic games with a continuum of strategies 0 0 0 8 5 11 16 69
Learning and self-confirming long-run biases 0 0 1 5 0 7 21 50
Learning and selfconfirming equilibria in network games 0 0 1 3 2 11 17 26
Mixed extensions of decision problems under uncertainty 0 0 0 20 1 4 10 71
On "Reputation" Refinements with Heterogeneous Beliefs 0 0 0 0 1 4 6 239
On Rationalizability in Extensive Games 0 0 0 135 3 9 13 342
RATIONALIZATION IN SIGNALING GAMES: THEORY AND APPLICATIONS 0 0 0 14 0 4 7 61
Rationalizability in infinite, dynamic games with incomplete information 0 0 0 112 3 8 15 318
Rationalizable bidding in first-price auctions 0 0 0 91 0 8 10 217
Rationalization and Incomplete Information 0 0 2 271 5 7 17 933
Recent results on belief, knowledge and the epistemic foundations of game theory 0 2 2 138 0 5 14 353
Rigidity, Discretion, and the Costs of Writing Contracts 0 0 1 229 1 10 19 940
Self-Confirming Equilibrium and Model Uncertainty 0 0 0 48 1 7 11 288
Sophisticated reasoning, learning, and equilibrium in repeated games with imperfect feedback 0 0 0 0 1 3 8 8
Strategic Independence and Perfect Bayesian Equilibria 0 0 1 82 3 10 16 297
Strategic Rationality Orderings and the Best Rationalization Principle 0 0 0 61 1 3 5 239
Strong Belief and Forward Induction Reasoning 0 0 1 226 1 11 16 601
Synchronic information, knowledge and common knowledge in extensive games 0 0 0 13 5 7 7 126
The Logic of Belief Persistence 0 0 0 9 0 6 13 72
The epistemic spirit of divinity 0 0 0 0 0 6 15 15
Transparent Restrictions on Beliefs and Forward-Induction Reasoning in Games with Asymmetric Information 0 0 0 21 1 5 8 81
Total Journal Articles 4 8 39 3,074 91 371 672 11,183


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