Frustration, aggression, and anger in leader-follower games

Pierpaolo Battigalli, Martin Dufwenberg, Alec Smith

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Abstract

Frustration, anger, and blame have important consequences for economic and social behavior, concerning for example monopoly pricing, contracting, bargaining, violence, and politics. Drawing on insights from psychology, we develop a formal approach to exploring how frustration and anger, via blame and aggression, shape interaction and outcomes in a class of two-stage games.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)15-39
Number of pages25
JournalGames and Economic Behavior
Volume117
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2019

Keywords

  • Anger
  • Belief-dependent preferences
  • Blame
  • Frustration
  • Psychological games
  • Threats

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Finance
  • Economics and Econometrics

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