An eye-tracking study of feature-based choice in one-shot games

Giovanna Devetag, Sibilla Di Guida and Luca Polonio

LEM Papers Series from Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM), Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy

Abstract: We analyze subjects' eye movements while they make decisions in a series of one-shot games. The majority of them perform a partial and selective analysis of the payoff matrix, often ignoring the payoffs of the opponent and/or paying attention only to specific cells. Our results suggest that subjects apply boundedly rational decision heuristics that involve best responding to a simplification of the decision problem, obtained either by ignoring the other players' motivations or by considering them only for a subset of outcomes. Finally, we find a correlation between types of eye movements observed and choices in the games.

Keywords: one-shot games; eye-tracking; similarity; categorization; focal points; individual behavior; experimental economics; behavioral economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013-02-13
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