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Cooperative strategies in anonymous economies: an experiment

Camera, Gabriele and Casari, Marco and Bigoni, Maria. (2012) Cooperative strategies in anonymous economies: an experiment. Games and Economic Behavior, 75 (2). pp. 570-586.

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Abstract

We study cooperation in economies of indefinite duration. Participants faced a sequence of prisonerʼs dilemmas with anonymous opponents. We identify and characterize the strategies employed at the individual level. We report that (i) grim trigger does not describe well individual play and there is wide heterogeneity in strategies; (ii) systematic defection does not crowd-out systematic cooperation; (iii) coordination on cooperative strategies does not improve with experience. We discuss alternative methodologies and implications for theory.
Faculties and Departments:06 Faculty of Business and Economics
06 Faculty of Business and Economics > Departement Wirtschaftswissenschaften
06 Faculty of Business and Economics > Departement Wirtschaftswissenschaften > Ehemalige Einheiten Wirtschaftswissenschaften > Experimental Makroeconomics (Camera)
UniBasel Contributors:Camera, Gabriele
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:Elsevier
ISSN:0899-8256
e-ISSN:1090-2473
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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