Losses, gains, and asymmetry in the 1-shot prisoner's dilemma game

Factors affecting cooperation are rarely studied in the context of the 1-shot prisoner’s dilemma (PD) game. Many real-world interactions, however, are 1-time events, so it is important to determine how well factors studied in iterated games apply to the 1-shot PD. In the present within-subject study we systematically examine the interaction between 4 factors on cooperation in the PD that have only been studied haphazardly in the literature: symmetry, the number of negative (column) payoffs, the player’s relative position in asymmetric games, and social value orientation.

Name thesis:degree_name

M.A.

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Psychology

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2010

Author dc:creator

• Marcus, James C.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Budescu, David V.

• Prisoner's Dilemma
• Cooperation
• Asymmetry
• Social Value Orientation
• Negative Payoffs

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 2009 James C. Marcus

Language dc:language

en

Handle dc:identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/2142/14625

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/14625