| Autor: |
Beckenkamp, Martin, Hennig-Schmidt, Heike, Maier-Rigaud, Frank P. |
| Rok vydání: |
2006 |
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We experimentally study the effect of asymmetry on cooperation in a 40 period prisoner's dilemma game in fixed partner design. We distinguish between a high and low payoff symmetric prisoner's dilemma and an asymmetric game combined out of both symmetric ones. Asymmetry significantly decreases cooperation, as low-type players are more likely to defect after mutual cooperation while high-type players initiate cooperation more often than the former. Asymmetry also has a significant negative effect on the stability of cooperation rendering long sequences of mutual cooperation extremely rare. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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