Massimo Warglien

Games and Phone Numbers: Do Short Term Memory Bounds Affect Strategic Behavior? ∗ (2008)

Jel Codes C, Giovanna Devetag, Massimo Warglien

Research in experimental and behavioral game theory has revealed a substantial and persistent degree of heterogeneity in the strategic behavior of real individuals. While the prevailing theoretical...

Roger Burkhart, John Deere and Company, and SFI (2007)

Massimo Egidi, Luigi Marengo, Massimo Warglien

A report of a working group meeting held under the joint sponsorship of the Santa Fe Institute (SFI) and the International

Mental models and Local models semantics: the problem of information integration Paolo (2007)

Massimo Warglien

In this paper, we sketch a framework complementing the theory of mental models with the notion of context. A context is defined as a collection of local mental models, namely mental models which...

The Geometry of Negation (2003)

Achille Varzi Department, Achille C. Varzi, Massimo Warglien

We consider two ways of thinking about negation: (i) as a form of complementation (the negation of a proposition p holds exactly in those situations in which p fails), and (ii) as an operation of...

Representing others' preferences in mixed motive games: was Schelling right? (2002)

Devetag, Giovanna, Warglien, Massimo

The available experimental evidence suggests that even two-person normal form games with an elementary action space present substantial degrees of cognitive difficulty. We submit that the relational...

Games and Phone Numbers: Do Short Term Memory Bounds Affect Strategic Behavior? (2002)

Devetag, Giovanna, Warglien, Massimo

Research in experimental and behavioral game theory has revealed a substantial and persistent degree of heterogeneity in the strategic behavior of real individuals. While the prevailing theoretical...

An experimental investigation of fairness and reciprocal behavior in a triangular principal-multiagent relationship (2001)

Rossi, Alessandro, Warglien, Massimo

Issues of fairness in hierarchies have been mostly investigated - both theoretically and experimentally - within dyadic principle-agent relationships. In this paper we consider triangular...

An experimental investigation of fairness and reciprocal behavior in a simple principal-multiagent relationship (2000)

Rossi, Alessandro, Warglien, Massimo

Issues of fairness within the agency framework have traditionally been investigated - both theoretically and experimentally - within two alternative approaches: a "vertical", hierarchical framework...

The effectiveness of alternative programs of management by objectives on firm performance : an experimental study (1999)

Rossi, Alessandro, Warglien, Massimo

The research focuses on the use of laboratory experimentation in order to design an effective MBO program for the executives of the major Italian electric utility provider (Enel). A game theoretical...

Stochastic learning in co-ordination games : a simulation approach (1999)

Zaninotto, Enrico, Warglien, Massimo, Gaio, Loris

In the presence of externalities, consumption behaviour depends on the solution of a co-ordination problem. In our paper we suggest a learning approach to the study of co-ordination in consumption...

Mental models and Local models semantics: (1999)

The Problem Of, Paolo Bouquet, Massimo Warglien

theory of mental models with the notion of context. A context is defined as a collection of local mental models, namely mental models which represent only part of a situation. We argue that most...

Learning from the experience of others: an experiment on information contagion (1996)

Narduzzo, Alessandro, Warglien, Massimo

Advances in stochastic system analysis have opened the way to a reconsideration of the processes through which behaviors spread in a population of individuals or organizations. One peculiar...

Computer Mediated Communication and the Emergence of "Electronic Opportunism" (1996)

Rocco, Elena, Warglien, Massimo

An experiment on how communication affects cooperation in a social dilemma shows that computer mediated communication (CMC) and face to face communication have markedly different effects on patterns...

Routines and Other Recurring Action Patterns of Organizations: Contemporary Research Issues (1996)

COHEN, MICHAEL D., BURKHART, ROGER, DOSI, GIOVANNI, EGIDI, MASSIMO, MARENGO, LUIGI, WARGLIEN, MASSIMO, ...

This paper reports and extends discussions carried out during a workshop held at the Santa Fe Institute in August 1995 by the authors. It treats eight major topics: (i) the importance of carefully...

Learning from the Experience of Others: An Experiment on Information Contagion (1996)

NARDUZZO, ALESSANDRO, WARGLIEN, MASSIMO

Advances in stochastic system analysis have opened the way to a reconsideration of the processes through which behaviors spread in a population of individuals or organizations. One peculiar...

Hierarchical Selection and Organizational Adaptation (1995)

WARGLIEN, MASSIMO

The paper portrays the firm as a hierarchy of processes, exploring how interactions among nested dynamics shape the evolution of organizations. A computer model of intraorganizational evolution shows...

Nuove tecnologie e cambiamenti organizzativi: alcune implicazioni per le imprese italiane

Sandro Trento, Massimo Warglien

The recent literature on the productivity gains due to the adoption of information and communication technologies (ICT) has stressed the importance of the complementarities between ICT and...

The emergence of simple languages in an experimental coordination game

Selten, Reinhard, Warglien, Massimo

We investigate in a series of laboratory experiments how costs and benefits of linguistic communication affect the emergence of simple languages in a coordination task when no common language is...

Learning and equilibrium selection in a coordination game with heterogeneous agents

Alberto Fogale, Paolo Pellizzari, Massimo Warglien

We study a modified version of the coordination game presented in [van Huyck et al., 1994], where a representative selection dynamics was proposed to explain experimental data. Assuming that the...

Playing the wrong game: An experimental analysis of relational complexity and strategic misrepresentation

Giovanna Devetag, Massimo Warglien

It has been suggested that players often produce simplified and/or misspecified mental representations of interactive decision problems (Kreps, 1990). We submit that the relational structure of...

Cognitive Overload and the Evaluation of Risky Alternatives: The Effects of Sample Size, Information Format and Attitude To Risk

Yaakov Kareev, Massimo Warglien

When the amount of information to be dealt with exceeds people’s short-term memory capacity, they must resort to the sampling of information. In the present study we show that, under conditions of...

Hierarchical Selection and Organizational Adaptation.

Warglien, Massimo

The paper portrays the firm as a hierarchy of processes, exploring how interactions among nested dynamics shape the evolution of organizations. A computer model of intraorganizational evolution shows...

Playing the wrong game: An experimental analysis of relational complexity and strategic misrepresentation

Devetag, Giovanna, Warglien, Massimo

It has been suggested that players often produce simplified and/or misspecified mental models of strategic decisions [Kreps, D., 1990. Game Theory and Economic Modeling. Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford]....

Games and Phone Numbers: Do Short Term Memory Bounds Affect Strategy Behavior?

Giovanna Devetag, Massimo Warglien

Research in experimental and behavioral game theory has revealed a substantial and persistent degree of heterogeneity in the strategic behavior of real individuals. While the prevailing theoretical...

An Experimental Investigation of Fairness and Reciprocal Behavior in a Simple Principal-Multiagent Relationship (Updated version of the older "Fairness in Hierarchical Triangles: an Experimental Study").

Alessandro Rossi, Massimo Warglien

Issues of fairness within the agency framework have traditionally been investigated - both theoretically and experimentally -- within two alternative approaches: a vertical, hierarchical framework...

The Effectiveness of Alternative Programs of Management by Objectives on Firm Performance: An Experimental Study. (Draft Paper).

Alessandro Rossi, Massimo Warglien

The research focuses on the use of laboratory experimentation in order to design an effective MBO program for the executives of an italian electric utility corporation (Enel). A game theoretical...

Representing Others' Preferences in Mixed Motive Games: Was Schelling Right.

Giovanna Devetag, Massimo Warglien

The paper describes an experiment designed to test the ability of individuals to represent multiple order relations isomorphic to those implied by the payoff structure of some standard normal form...

An Experimental Investigation of Fairness and Reciprocal Behavior in a Triangular Principal'-Multiagent Relationship.

Alessandro Rossi, Massimo Warglien

A laboratory investigation of a simple agency model that allow to study how the principal's fairness affects the attitude towards cooperation between two interdependent agents performing a simple...

Routines and Other Recurring Action Patterns of Organizations: Contemporary Research Issues

Michael D. Cohen, Roger Burkhart, Giovanni Dosi, Massimo Egidi, Luigi Marengo, Massimo Warglien, ...

This working paper reports the main lines of discussion that developed during a four-day workshop held August 10-13, 1995, at the Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico. The workshop was devoted to...