{% extends "global/Page.html" %} {% load staticfiles otree_tags %} {% load humanize %} {% load i18n %} {#--- SCRIPTS --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------#} {% block scripts %} {% endblock %} {#--- STYLES ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------#} {% block styles %} {% endblock %} {#--- TITLE ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------#} {% block title %} {% trans "Instructions" %} {% endblock %} {#--- CONTENT --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------#} {% block content %}
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Exchange Process

To play this game, we form groups of three players. Each player is endowed with 1 {{ exp_currency }} that can be used to buy an asset. Your task during the game is thus to choose whether you want to buy the asset. This asset does not generate any dividend. If the asset price exceeds 1 {{ exp_currency }}, you can still buy the asset. We indeed consider that a financial partner (who is not part of the game) provides you with the additional capital and shares profits with you according to the respective capital invested. The market proceeds sequentially. The first player is offered the opportunity to buy at a price P1. If he buys, he proposes to sell the asset to the second player at a price that is 10 times higher, P2=10×P1. If the second player agrees to buy, the first player ends up the game with 10 {{ exp_currency }}s. The second player then proposes to sell the asset to the third trader at a price P3=10×P2 =100×P1 . If the third player buys the asset, the second player ends up the game with 10 {{ exp_currency }}s. The third player does not find anyone to whom he can sell the asset. Since this asset does not generate any dividend, he ends up the game with 0 {{ exp_currency }}s. This game is summarized in the following figure.

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{% for index, price, xpoint in GameTree %} {% trans "Price" %} {{ index }} buy {% endfor %} {% for index, price, xpoint in GameTree %} don't buy {% endfor %} {% for str, xpoints in GTpayoffs_str %} {{ str }} {% endfor %} {% for str, xpoints in GTpayoffN %} {{ str }} {% endfor %}
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{% for index, price, xpoint in GameTree %} {% trans "Price" %} {{ index }} {% trans "buy" %} {% endfor %} {% for index, price, xpoint in GameTree %} {% trans "don't buy" %} {% endfor %} {% for str, xpoints in GTpayoffs_str %} {{ str }} {% endfor %} {% for str, xpoints in GTpayoffN %} {{ str }} {% endfor %}
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At the beginning of the game, players do not know their position in the market sequence. Positions are randomly determined, with one chance out of three for each player to be first, second, or third.

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Proposed Prices

The price P1 that is proposed to the first player is random. This price is a power of 10 and is determined as follows:

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{{ price|intcomma }} {{ probability|floatformat:2|intcomma }} %
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Players decisions are made simultaneously and privately. For example, if the first price P1 =1 has been drawn, the prices that are simultaneously proposed to the three players are P1 =1 for the first player, P2 =10 for the second player, and P3 =100 for the third player. Analogously, if the first price P1 =10,000 has been drawn, the prices that are simultaneously proposed to the three players are P1 = 10,000 for the first player, P2 = 100,000 for the second player, and P3 =1,000,000 for the third player. The prices that have been proposed can give you the following information regarding your position in the market sequence:

To preserve anonymity, a number will be assigned to each player. Once decisions are made, we will tell you (anonymously) your position in the market sequence, whether you are offered the opportunity to buy, and your final gain.

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