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This is a Repeated Game of {{C.NUM_ROUNDS}} Rounds


One of the participants will be chosen as the monopoly and the rest will be consumers.

The monopoly produces a product with the marginal cost normalized to 0.

And each consumer will be assigned a particular valuation according to a specific distribution. The valuation will be the highest price that a consumers is willing to pay for the product.

You will know your role when you start the game. The role will be fixed in the whole game.


Monopoly has a Tracking-technology, which allows the monopoly to identify each consumer's valuation with a specific successful probability.
  1. Once a consumer is identified, the monopoly will charge the consumer his/her valuation.
  2. If the monopoly fails to identify a consumer, the monopoly can only charge a uniform price.
Consumers have a Hiding-technology, which allows consumers to hide at a particular cost of C.
  1. Once a consumer chooses to hide at a cost of C, she/he will prevent the monopoly from traking and thus not be identified for sure.
  2. If a consumer chooses not to hide, she/he has a a probability to be identified and will be charged a price equal to the valuation.
Payoff: The Goal in the repeated game:
!!!Caution 1: Your role will be fixed in the whole game. Your valuation and hiding cost(as a consumer) or successful tracking probability(as the monopoly) will be fixed.
!!!Caution 2: Identification is random. That a consumer is identified in one round doesn't ensure identification in the next round.
!!!Caution 3: A consumer might get negative payoff because of the hiding cost C.
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