Communication and Guilt in a Prisoner's Dilemma

Topi Miettinen () and Sigrid Suetens

No 2008-12, Discussion Paper from Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research

Abstract: In this paper we measure experienced guilt in a prisoner?s dilemma experiment with pre-play communication. We find that feelings of guilt only arise in the case of unilateral defection and that they are stronger when players have mutually agreed to cooperate. We also find that fining unilateral defection reduces feelings of guilt.

JEL-codes: C91 D74 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2008
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