Strategic Voting in TV Game Show “The Weakest Link” By
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This paper utilizes the data generated from Television game shows The Weakest Link to study real life strategic voting with large stake payoffs. Theoretical models are built to analyze the three-player voting possibly with second move of tie breaker. With reasonable specifications, equilibria can be constructed to support all observed outcomes. When the game structure is relatively simple with single possible tie breaker, the empirical results are in line with theoretical implications. When the tie breaker is uncertain, the predictability of basic game theory analysis is largely compromised. Regression results suggest that, with presence of increased complexity and uncertainty in the voting game, naive coordination strategies are instead adapted. Strategic untruthful performance is found as a source of inaccurate prediction of theory.
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