The impact of the termination rule on cooperation in a prisoner's dilemma experiment

International Journal of Game Theory

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 707-718

  Normann, Hans Theo ^a   Wallace, Brian ^b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Experimental economics; Infinite horizon games; Prisoner's dilemma; Repeated games

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864338651     PISSN: 00207276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00182-012-0341-y     Document Type: Article

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