Social Interaction Promotes Risk Taking in a Stag Hunt Game

Gary Bolton (), Feldhaus Christoph and Axel Ockenfels
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Feldhaus Christoph: University of Cologne,Köln, Germany

German Economic Review, 2016, vol. 17, issue 3, 409-423

Abstract: We demonstrate that people are more willing to take risks in a stag hunt game when the agent of uncertainty is another person, thereby promoting cooperation. Recent social cognition research suggests an explanation for this pattern, which is based on the idea that games that align interests between subjects activate a trust mindset.

Keywords: Stag hunt; social context; risk; cognition (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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