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Travelers' Types

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  • Pablo Brañas-Garza
  • Maréa Paz Espinosa
  • Pedro Rey-Biel

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This paper uses subjects self-reported justifications to explain discrepancies between observed heterogeneous behavior and the unique equilibrium prediction in a one-shot travelers dilemma experiment (TD). Principal components (PC) analysis suggests that iterative reasoning, aspiration levels, competitive behavior, attitudes towards risk and penalties and focal points may be behind different choices. Such reasons are coherent with same subjects behavior in other tests and experiments in which these particular issues are prominent. Overall, we identify types of subjects whose motivations are consistent across tasks.

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Keywords: traveler’s dilemma; self-reports; principal components; experiments;

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