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Self-Control Games: Theory and Applications

Research Project

Project/Area Number 24530193
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Economic theory
Research InstitutionHitotsubashi University

Principal Investigator

UI Takashi  一橋大学, 大学院経済学研究科, 教授 (60312815)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) TAKEOKA Norio  横浜国立大学, 大学院国際社会科学研究院, 准教授 (80434695)
Project Period (FY) 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,680,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,080,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Keywordsゲーム理論 / 意思決定理論
Outline of Final Research Achievements

A majority of self-control models have been considered in the context of single-person decision making. One's propensity to resist temptation, however, may depend on others' decision, as observed in smoking, overeating, and overspending behaviors. As a self-control model with strategic interaction, we introduce a normal form game in which players have self-control preferences of Gul and Pesendorfer (2001, Econometrica). As an application, we consider a game in which players purchase a commitment device to cope with temptation in the presence of peer effects. In some equilibrium, players utilize a small amount of the commitment device in a coordinated manner, but in another equilibrium, they purchase an inefficiently large amount of the commitment device. Thus, restricting commitment options can improve welfare, which is never the case in the context of single-person decision making.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2014 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2013 Research-status Report
  • 2012 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (9 results)

All 2015 2014 Other

All Journal Article (4 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 4 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 2 results) Presentation (5 results) (of which Invited: 2 results)

  • [Journal Article] Characterizing social value of information2015

    • Author(s)
      Takashi Ui and Yasonori Yoshizawa
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Economic Theory

      Volume: forthcoming Pages: 507-535

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.jet.2014.12.007

    • NAID

      120006534700

    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] The social value of public information with convex costs of information acquisition2014

    • Author(s)
      Takashi Ui
    • Journal Title

      Economics Letters

      Volume: 125 Issue: 2 Pages: 249-252

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.econlet.2014.09.015

    • NAID

      120006928032

    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] A Theory of Subjective Learning2014

    • Author(s)
      David Dillenberger, Juan Sebastian Lleras, Philipp Sadowski, and Norio Takeoka
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Economic Theory

      Volume: 153 Pages: 287-312

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.jet.2014.07.003

    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Stochastic Endogenous Time Preference2014

    • Author(s)
      Youichiro Higashi, Kazuya Hyogo, and Norio Takeoka
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Mathematical Economics

      Volume: 51 Pages: 77-92

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.jmateco.2014.01.011

    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] Self-Control Games2014

    • Author(s)
      武岡則男
    • Organizer
      BIC Microeconomic Theory Workshop
    • Place of Presentation
      University of St Andrews (英国)
    • Year and Date
      2014-10-25
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] ベイジアンゲームにおける内生的情報構造と情報の社会的価値2014

    • Author(s)
      宇井貴志
    • Organizer
      第20回DCコンファレンス
    • Place of Presentation
      福岡大学
    • Year and Date
      2014-10-13
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Welfare Effects of Information Acquisition Costs2014

    • Author(s)
      宇井貴志
    • Organizer
      EEA-ESEM 2014
    • Place of Presentation
      University Toulouse 1 Capitole (フランス)
    • Year and Date
      2014-08-25
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Self-control games

    • Author(s)
      武岡則男
    • Organizer
      行動経済学会第七回大会
    • Place of Presentation
      京都大学
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Self-control games

    • Author(s)
      宇井貴志
    • Organizer
      Games 2012
    • Place of Presentation
      Istanbul(トルコ)
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report

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Published: 2013-05-31   Modified: 2019-07-29  

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