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Counterfactuals and the Prisoner’s Dilemma
Bonanno, Giacomo - Economics Department, University of California-Davis - 2013
This is the first draft of a chapter in a planned book on the Prisoner’s Dilemma, edited by Martin Peterson, to be published by Cambridge University Press. It discusses the nature of the conditionals involved in deliberation, taking the Prisoner's Dilemma game as point of departure.
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Which hat to wear? Impact of natural identities on coordination and cooperation
Chen, Yan; Li, Sherry Xin; Liu, Tracy Xiao; Shih, Margaret - In: Games and Economic Behavior 84 (2014) C, pp. 58-86
As the workforce becomes increasingly diverse, motivating individuals from different backgrounds to work together effectively is a major challenge facing organizations. In an experiment conducted at a large public university in the United States, we manipulate the salience of participants'...
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Elementary game theory
Soni, Himanshu; Sharma, Damini - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
The theory of games (or game theory) is a mathematical theory that deals with the general features of competitive …
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GAME THEORY:A Nontechnical Introduction to the Analysis of Strategy(Revised Edition)
McCain, Roger A - World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.
This book serves as an introduction to game theory for students with no prior game theory knowledge, or with limited … approach to game theory, while simultaneously exploring cooperative games, repeated play, correlated equilibrium, and a range …
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Effect of joint auditor pair on Conservatism: Evidence from impairment tests
Lobo, Gerald; Paugam, Luc; Zhang, Dana; Casta, … - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2013
conservatism, i.e., impairment loss. We use game theory to demonstrate that pairs of Big 4 auditors facing similar incentives are …
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A ONE-SHOT PRISONERS' DILEMMA WITH PROCEDURAL UTILITY
MENESTREL, M. LE - In: International Game Theory Review (IGTR) 08 (2006) 04, pp. 655-668
This article introduces a model of rationality that combines procedural utility over actions with consequential utility over payoffs. It applies the model to the Prisoners' Dilemma and shows that empirically observed cooperative behaviors can be rationally explained by a procedural utility for...
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On the care and feeding of a gift horse: The recurrent cost problem and optimal reduction of recurrent inputs
Over, A. Mead - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1981
In contrast to the existing literature, which explains the recurrent cost problem as largely the result of institutional impediments to LDC welfare maximization, this paper analyzes the problem by constructing a series of scenarios in which the less developed country would be led to reduce the...
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A Theory of Reciprocity
Falk, Armin; Fischbacher, Urs - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, …
This paper presents a formal theory of reciprocity. Reciprocity means that people reward kind actions and punish unkind … ones. The theory takes into account that people evaluate the kindness of an action not only by its consequences but also by … the intention underlying this action. The theory explains the relevant stylized facts of a wide range of experimental …
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A differential approach to the repeated prisoner's dilemma
Overcast, H. Edwin; Tullock, Gordon - In: Theory and decision : an international journal for … 1 (1970/71), pp. 350-358
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The possibility of cooperation
Taylor, Michael - 1987 - Rev. ed.
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