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@article{citeulike:5124226, abstract = {We study a selection game between two committee members (the players). They interview candidates sequentially and have to decide, after each interview, whether to hire the candidate or to interview the next candidate. Each player can either accept or reject the candidate, and if he rejects the candidate while the other accepts her, he can cast a veto. The candidate is hired if accepted by at least one player and not vetoed. The total number of vetoes available for each player are fixed in advance. We prove the existence of a subgame perfect equilibrium if there are a finite number of candidates types. For a general candidate distribution we prove the existence of a subgame perfect ε -equilibrium. We exhibit situations in which a player prefers that the other player would have an extra veto, and even prefers to give one of his vetoes to the other player.}, author = {Alpern, Steve and Gal, Shmuel and Solan, Eilon}, citeulike-article-id = {5124226}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geb.2009.05.006}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0899825609001109}, day = {23}, doi = {10.1016/j.geb.2009.05.006}, issn = {08998256}, journal = {Games and Economic Behavior}, keywords = {game\_theory, social\_choice, voting}, month = {May}, posted-at = {2009-11-07 15:17:06}, priority = {3}, title = {A sequential selection game with vetoes☆}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geb.2009.05.006}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5124226 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5124226 N2 - We study a selection game between two committee members (the players). They interview candidates sequentially and have to decide, after each interview, whether to hire the candidate or to interview the next candidate. Each player can either accept or reject the candidate, and if he rejects the candidate while the other accepts her, he can cast a veto. The candidate is hired if accepted by at least one player and not vetoed. The total number of vetoes available for each player are fixed in advance. We prove the existence of a subgame perfect equilibrium if there are a finite number of candidates types. For a general candidate distribution we prove the existence of a subgame perfect ε -equilibrium. We exhibit situations in which a player prefers that the other player would have an extra veto, and even prefers to give one of his vetoes to the other player. JF - Games and Economic Behavior SN - 08998256 TI - A sequential selection game with vetoes☆ KW - game_theory KW - social_choice KW - voting AU - Alpern, Steve AU - Gal, Shmuel AU - Solan, Eilon PY - 2009/05/23/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geb.2009.05.006 ER -