Assortative Matching, Information and Cooperation: An Experiment

Yang et al.(2007) show that assortative matching mechanisms can induce a high level of cooperation to prevail in repeated prisoners' dilemma experiments, but societies may also head to an all-defection state rapidly. Here, we additionally provide information on income distribution and show that cooperation significantly increases overall. Moreover, the effect can be traced back to a higher cooperation rate for people in the lowest income classes.

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Year of publication:	2010
Authors:	Yang, Chun-Lei ; Yue, Jack
Published in:	Economics Bulletin. - AccessEcon, ISSN 1545-2921. - Vol. 30.2010, 1, p. 414-420
Publisher:	AccessEcon
Subject:	Prisoners' dilemma \| assortative matching \| information \| cooperation \| experiment

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Extent:	application/pdf
Type of publication:	Article
Language:	English
Classification:	C9 - Design of Experiments ; D7 - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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