Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5059406 | Economics Letters | 2014 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
It is standard in experimental economics to use decontextualized designs where payoff structures are presented using neutral language. Here we show that cooperation in such a neutrally framed Prisoner's Dilemma is equivalent to a PD framed as contributing to a cooperative endeavour. Conversely, there is substantially less cooperation in a PD framed as a competition. We conclude that in a decontextualized context, our participants by default project a cooperative frame onto the payoff structure.
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Authors
Christoph Engel, David G. Rand,