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God Does Not Play Dice, but Do We? On the Determinism of Choice in Long-run Interactions
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Abstract When do we cooperate and why? This question concerns one of the most persistent divides between "theory and practice", between predictions from game theory and results from experimental studies. For about 15 years, theoretical analyses predict completely-mixed "behavior" strategies, i.e. strategic r... view more
When do we cooperate and why? This question concerns one of the most persistent divides between "theory and practice", between predictions from game theory and results from experimental studies. For about 15 years, theoretical analyses predict completely-mixed "behavior" strategies, i.e. strategic randomization rendering "when" and "why" questions largely moot, while experimental analyses seem to consistently identify pure strategies, suggesting long-run interactions are deterministic. Reanalyzing 145,000 decisions from infinitely repeated prisoner's dilemma experiments, and using data-mining techniques giving pure strategies the best possible chance, we conclude that subjects play semi-grim behavior strategies similar to those predicted by theory.... view less
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General Psychology
Basic Research, General Concepts and History of Economics
Free Keywords
behavior; belief-free equilibrium; laboratory experiment; memory; repeated game; tit-for-tat mixed strategy
Document language
English
Publication Year
2018
City
München
Page/Pages
60 p.
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/10419/185766
Status
Published Version; reviewed
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