TY - JOUR
T1 - Prisoners and their dilemma
AU - Khadjavi, Menusch
AU - Lange, Andreas
PY - 2013/8/1
Y1 - 2013/8/1
N2 - We report insights into the behavior of prisoners in dilemma situations that so famously carry their name. We compare female inmates and students in a simultaneous and a sequential Prisoner's Dilemma. In the simultaneous Prisoner's Dilemma, the cooperation rate among inmates exceeds the rate of cooperating students. Relative to the simultaneous dilemma, cooperation among first-movers in the sequential Prisoner's Dilemma increases for students, but not for inmates. Students and inmates behave identically as second movers. Hence, we find a similar and significant fraction of inmates and students to hold social preferences.
AB - We report insights into the behavior of prisoners in dilemma situations that so famously carry their name. We compare female inmates and students in a simultaneous and a sequential Prisoner's Dilemma. In the simultaneous Prisoner's Dilemma, the cooperation rate among inmates exceeds the rate of cooperating students. Relative to the simultaneous dilemma, cooperation among first-movers in the sequential Prisoner's Dilemma increases for students, but not for inmates. Students and inmates behave identically as second movers. Hence, we find a similar and significant fraction of inmates and students to hold social preferences.
KW - Inmates
KW - Lab experiment
KW - Lab-in-the-field experiment
KW - Prisoner's Dilemma
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jebo.2013.05.015
DO - 10.1016/j.jebo.2013.05.015
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84880008956
SN - 0167-2681
VL - 92
SP - 163
EP - 175
JO - Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
JF - Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
ER -