Giving a Second Chance to a Disadvantaged Player Resolves the Prisoner’s Dilemma

Nakajima, Tetsuya (2014): Giving a Second Chance to a Disadvantaged Player Resolves the Prisoner’s Dilemma.

Abstract

This note examines how the second chance, when provided to a disadvantaged player, can resolve the prisoner’s dilemma.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Prisoner’s dilemma, Noncooperative game, Second chance
• Subjects: C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C7 - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory > C70 - General; C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C7 - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory > C72 - Noncooperative Games; C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C7 - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory > C73 - Stochastic and Dynamic Games ; Evolutionary Games ; Repeated Games

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