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How economic rewards affect cooperation reconsidered

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  • Kagel, John H.
  • Schley, Dan R.

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Recent studies suggest that payoffs in cents, compared to dollars, produce less defection in a repeated prisoner’s dilemma game. We are unable to replicate these findings with conventional economic procedures or in a direct replication.

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  • Kagel, John H. & Schley, Dan R., 2013. "How economic rewards affect cooperation reconsidered," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 121(1), pages 124-127.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:121:y:2013:i:1:p:124-127
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2013.07.012
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    2. Natalie Struwe & Esther Blanco & James M. Walker, 2024. "Competition among public good providers for donor rewards," Experimental Economics, Springer;Economic Science Association, vol. 27(1), pages 215-243, March.
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    6. Guillaume R. Fréchette & Sevgi Yuksel, 2017. "Infinitely repeated games in the laboratory: four perspectives on discounting and random termination," Experimental Economics, Springer;Economic Science Association, vol. 20(2), pages 279-308, June.

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    Numeric effects; Repeated prisoner dilemma games; Experiments;
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    • B4 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Economic Methodology
    • C7 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory
    • C9 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments

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