Prisoner's Dilemma

Two experiments on Prisoners Dilemma, framed as an Oligopoly Game were carried out. This page contains information about these games and materials related to the Prisoners Dilemma.

Crucial thing to note is that game 1 ended in complete lack of cooperation. All players were playing Nash Equilibrium HIGH and HIGH strategies. In contrast, Game 2 ended in complete cooperation. ALL players trusted others and all played LOW, LOW strategy. Paper must focus on how this change was achieved and how cooperation and trust can be created.

Protocols for how the experiment was run, and the results, are attached below. Related readings are given separate pages.

READINGS on PD:

• 1. Ahn et. al. Cooperation in PD games: Fear, greed, and history of play, Public Choice 106: 137–155, 2001

  2. COMMUNICATION AND GUILT IN A PRISONER’S DILEMMA

  3. By Topi Miettinen, Sigrid Suetens

  4. Does Ethics Training Neutralize the Incentives of the Prisoner's Dilemma?

  5. Evidence from a Classroom Experiment

  6. Harvey S. James, Jr

1. Beyond the Prisoners' Dilemma

   1. Making Game Theory a Useful Part of Undergraduate

   2. International Relations Classes1

   3. George Ehrhardt

   4. Computer-Mediated Communication and Cooperation in Social Dilemmas: An Experimental Analysis

   5. Azi Lev-on, University of Pennsylvania

   6. Cristina Bicchieri, University of Pennsylvania

   7. Achieving greater cooperation in a noisy prisoner’s

   8. dilemma: an experimental investigation q

   9. Barbara Sainty

   10. Preferences and Beliefs in a Sequential Social Dilemma:

   11. A Within-Subjects Analysis.

   12. Mariana Blancoa, Dirk Engelmannb, Alexander K. Kochc, Hans-Theo Normannd