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11/06/2000 08:55 AM by Walter;

1) I don't get why Yield-Yield is cooperation. In fact, it seems that this is not cooperation. >>Let me rephrase my question. What are two players that yield cooperating about? The matrix can be seen as: 3,3 1,4 4,1 0,0 >My [View full text and thread]

11/03/2000 12:46 PM by Diego Miranda;

1) I don't get why Yield-Yield is cooperation. In fact, it seems that this is not cooperation. The matrix can be seen as: 3,3 1,4 4,1 0,0 In [View full text and thread]

11/02/2000 09:32 AM by Walter;

I have two comments to your inquiry:

1) I don't get why Yield-Yield is cooperation. In fact, it seems that this is not cooperation.
2) The 1-shot game has three NE: Yield-Insist, Insist-Yield and a NE in mixed strategies. All of the NE have positive (expected) payoff to the players. Moreover, the minimax payoff is 1/3 (the same payoff as that of the mixed strategy NE). I don't find a meaning to to try to justify an outcome with payoff lower than the minimax. Why should players want to get less than the minimax payoff? [Manage messages]

10/30/2000 02:18 PM by Diego Miranda; Cooperation in Chicken

What are the conditions under which mutual cooperation can be endogenously achieved in chicken? As i see it, this would occur when players are drawn from a homogenous population that perceives itself as such, when no knowledge from [View full text and thread]