Citation

Rosenthal RW. Mathematical Social Sciences 1993; 26(1): 25-33.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1993)

DOI

10.1016/0165-4896(93)90009-8

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Suicide attempts that have non-trivial chances of both success and failure are relatively common but difficult to rationalize in a decision-theoretic model. This paper views such a suicide attempt as an attempt to signal credibly and thereby influence the actions of another decision-maker in a game-theoretic model. © 1993.

Language: en

Keywords

Suicide; equilibrium refinements; signalling games