Theories of Team Reasoning

he idea of we-thinking, or wereasoning, is increasingly drawing the attention of more and more economists. In its general formulation, it has been proposed by David Hodgson (1967), Donald Regan (1980), Margaret Gilbert (1989), Susan Hurley (1989), Raimo Tuomela (1995), and Martin Hollis (1998). Within this body of literature, Robert Sugden (1993, 2000, 2003) and Michael Bacharach (1995, 1997, 1999, 2006) have developed analytical frameworks from an economic point of view. The main claim of scholars that analyze we-thinking is that it can be endorsed by people when they face a decision problem. In fact, experimental evidence shows that, especially in some kind of games, such as coordination games, people do endorse we-thinking. However, the way in which we-thinking arises and how it brings people to behave in a particular way in games is a matter that requires further investigation.