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Overcoming Incentive Constraints? The (In-)effectiveness of Social Interaction

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Dirk Engelmann
Veronika Grimm

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We experimentally study behavior in a simple voting game where players have private information about their preferences. With random matching, subjects overwhelmingly follow the dominant strategy to exaggerate their preferences. Applying the linking mechanism suggested by Jackson and Sonnenschein (2005) captures nearly all achievable efficiency gains. Repeated interaction leads to significant gains in truthful representation and efficiency only if players can choose their partners.

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Paper provided by University of Cologne, Department of Economics in its series Working Paper Series in Economics with number 22.

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Keywords: Experimental Economics; Mechanism Design; Implementation; Linking; Bayesian Equilibrium; Efficiency;

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  1. Hitoshi Matsushima & Koichi Miyazaki & Nobuyuki Yagi, 2006. "Role of Linking Mechanisms in Multitask Agency with Hidden Information," CIRJE F-Series CIRJE-F-401, CIRJE, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo. [Downloadable!]
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  3. Kaplan, Todd & Ruffle, Bradley, 2007. "Which way to cooperate," MPRA Paper 3381, University Library of Munich, Germany. [Downloadable!]
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