Voluntary Separation as a Disciplinary Device for Long-Term Cooperation: Reconciling Theory with Evidence

讲座简介

In this paper, we provide an evidence-based theory to explain how partners forge a cooperative relationship when both parties have the liberty to unilaterally terminate the match. We utilize laboratory methods to gather insights on the evolution of cooperation in a voluntarily separable repeated prisoner’s dilemma game (VSRPD). We observe behavioral patterns that are at odds with out-for-tat (OFT) which, based on the VSRPD literature, is a disciplinary device that helps facilitate mutual cooperation in the long run. Our Pro-Partnership Proposition is formulated to accommodate the observation that human subjects often favor a more forgiving stay-but-act-like-a-stranger move instead of OFT to punish norm violators. A new class of equilibria, called the CoDe-indierent equilibria, is introduced to address the within-match rewards and punishments found in the data.

时间

2019-5-30

下午 14:30 ~ 15:30

主讲人

Chun-Lei YANG (杨春雷), Nanjing Audit University

地点

信息管理与工程学院308室
上海财经大学（第三教学楼西侧）
上海市杨浦区武东路100号