Binding Promises and Cooperation Among Strangers

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Gabriele Camera

Chapman University - Economic Science Institute; University of Bologna - Dept. of Economics

Marco Casari

University of Bologna - Department of Economics

Maria Bigoni

University of Bologna - Department of Economics; IZA Institute of Labor Economics

Date Written: November 27, 2012

Abstract

In an experiment, a group of strangers was randomly divided in pairs to play a prisoners’ dilemma; this process was indefinitely repeated. Cooperation did not increase when subjects could send public messages amounting to binding promises of future play.

Keywords: coordination, cheap-talk, deception, repeated game, social norms

JEL Classification: C90, C70, D80

Suggested Citation

Camera, Gabriele and Casari, Marco and Bigoni, Maria, Binding Promises and Cooperation Among Strangers (November 27, 2012). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2541948 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2541948

Gabriele Camera (Contact Author)

Chapman University - Economic Science Institute ( email )

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University of Bologna - Dept. of Economics ( email )

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Marco Casari

University of Bologna - Department of Economics ( email )

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Italy

Maria Bigoni

University of Bologna - Department of Economics ( email )

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