“Neither I nor you shall have him”: An experimental study of the King Solomon's Dilemma

• Published in: Journal of behavioral and experimental economics Vol. 70; pp. 55 - 69
• Main Authors: Elbittar, Alexander, Di Giannatale, Sonia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Inc 01.10.2017
• Subjects: Behavioral economics; Implementation theory; Laboratory experiments; Rivalrous behavior; Implementation theory; Rivalrous behavior; C7; Behavioral economics; Laboratory experiments; C9

•An experiment to compare 2 mechanisms that solve King Solomon's Dilemma is designed.•The mechanisms are: Perry and Reny's mechanism (PRM) and Moore's mechanism (MM).•Under complete information, MM shows less waste of resources.•PRM performs when implemented using ascending and the sl...