Arbeitspapier

The absent-minded prisoner

If one of two rational players is absent-minded for at least three rounds, cooperation in a prisoners dilemma with a finite number of repetitions is possible. If both players are absentminded, even two rounds of absent-mindedness can be enough for cooperation in these rounds and all rounds before. Sufficient conditions for the existence of a cooperative equilibrium are derived, a plausible interpretation of absent-mindedness in the case of many repetitions is given.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Diskussionspapiere ; No. 14/1998

Classification
Wirtschaft
Noncooperative Games
Subject
absent-mindedness
prisoners dilemma
repeated games

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Dilger, Alexander
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Universität Greifswald, Rechts- und Staatswissenschaftliche Fakultät
(where)
Greifswald
(when)
1998

Handle
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Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Dilger, Alexander
  • Universität Greifswald, Rechts- und Staatswissenschaftliche Fakultät

Time of origin

  • 1998

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