An experimental investigation of a third-person enforcement in a prisoner’s dilemma game

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2012
Volume: 117
Issue: 3
Pages: 704-707

Authors (3)

Kusakawa, Takao (not in RePEc) Ogawa, Kazuhito (関西大学社会学部) Shichijo, Tatsuhiro (not in RePEc)

Score contribution per author:

0.335 = (α=2.01 / 3 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

We experimentally study the effect of a third-person enforcement on a one-shot prisoner’s dilemma game played by two persons, with whom the third person plays repeated prisoner’s dilemma games. We find that when the third person can observe these two persons’ play, the possibility of the third person’s future punishment causes them to cooperate in the one-shot game.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:117:y:2012:i:3:p:704-707
Journal Field
General
Author Count
3
Added to Database
2026-01-26