Intuition and Deliberation in the Stag Hunt Game

Abstract We present an incentivized laboratory experiment where a random sample of individuals playing a series of stag hunt games are forced to make their choices under time constraints, while the rest of the players have no time limits to decide. We find that individuals under the time pressure tr...

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Autores principales: Marianna Belloc, Ennio Bilancini, Leonardo Boncinelli, Simone D’Alessandro
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/d3ac2e42e1a84f89a25f86c2a0f411dc
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Sumario:Abstract We present an incentivized laboratory experiment where a random sample of individuals playing a series of stag hunt games are forced to make their choices under time constraints, while the rest of the players have no time limits to decide. We find that individuals under the time pressure treatment are more likely to play stag (vs. hare) than individuals in the control group: under time constraints 62.85% of players are stag-hunters as opposed to 52.32% when no time limits are imposed. These results offer the first experimental evidence on the role of intuition and deliberation in strategic situations that entail social coordination. In interpreting our findings, we provide a discussion on ruling social conventions in daily-life interactions.