Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/185766 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
Discussion Paper No. 96
Publisher: 
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München und Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Collaborative Research Center Transregio 190 - Rationality and Competition, München und Berlin
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 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.
Subjects: 
repeated game
behavior
tit-for-tat mixed strategy
memory
belief-free equilibrium
laboratory experiment
JEL: 
C72
C73
C92
D12
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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