Do People Rely on the Self-Interested Maximization of Others? An Experimental Test
通过一个两人完全信息扩展式博弈实验，发现尽管多数人自己会最大化利益，但他们往往不愿依赖他人的自利最大化行为。
The assumption that agents engage in maximizing behavior, while ubiquitous in economic theory, differs from the assumption that agents are willing to rely on the maximizing behavior of others. This paper offers an empirical examination of this distinction using experimental methods. Utilizing a series of experimental treatments based on a simple, two player extensive form game of perfect information, we find strong evidence that apparently rational people are often unwilling to rely on the self-interested behavior of others, despite the observed near universality of maximizing play.