(Un)Trustworthy pledges and cooperation in social dilemmas
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- Timo Goeschl, 2023. "(Un)Trustworthy Pledges And Cooperation In Social Dilemmas," Working Papers of Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Ghent University, Belgium 23/1070, Ghent University, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration.
- Goeschl, Timo & Soldà, Alice, 2023. "(Un)Trustworthy Pledges and Cooperation in Social Dilemmas," Working Papers 0728, University of Heidelberg, Department of Economics.
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Keywords
Social dilemmas; Cooperation; Pre-play communication; Trustworthiness; Pledges; Group formation;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C71 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Cooperative Games
- C92 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Group Behavior
- D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
- D91 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making
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