Sequential versus Simultaneous Schelling Models

Experimental Evidence

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ID6284207
AuthorsJuan Miguel Benito (Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA)), Pablo Brañas-Garza (Universidad de Granada), Pablo Brañas–garza (0000-0001-8456-6009, Universidad de Granada, corresponding author), Penelope Hernandez (0000-0002-4630-7214, Universitat de València), Juan A Sanchis (Universitat de València), Juan A Sanchis‐llopi (0000-0001-9664-4668, Universitat de València)
Year2011
Volume55
Issue1
Pages60-84
Publication date2011-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Conflict Resolution (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-0027 • E-ISSN: 1552-8766
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0022002710374714
OpenAlexW2155370730
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited21

This article shows the results of experiments where subjects play the Schelling’s spatial proximity model. Two types of experiments are conducted: one in which choices are made sequentially and a variation of the first where the decision making is simultaneous. The results of the sequential experiments are identical to Schelling’s prediction: subjects finish in a segregated equilibrium. Likewise, in the variant of the simultaneous decision experiment, the same result is reached: segregation. Subjects’ heterogeneity generates a series of focal points in the first round. To locate themselves, subjects use these focal points immediately, and as a result, the segregation takes place again. Furthermore, simultaneous experiments with commuting costs allow us to conclude that introducing positive moving costs does not affect segregation

Affect (linguistics · Econometrics · Economics · Physics · Statistics · Variation (astronomy · Communication · Economic and Environmental Valuation · Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies · Mathematics · Psychology · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies

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