Assortative Matching, Information and Cooperation: An Experiment

Chun-Lei Yang () and Jack Yue ()
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Chun-Lei Yang: Academia Sinica
Jack Yue: National Chengchi University

Economics Bulletin, 2010, vol. 30, issue 1, 414-420

Abstract: Yang et al.(2007) show that assortative matching mechanisms can induce a high level of cooperation to prevail in repeated prisoners' dilemma experiments, but societies may also head to an all-defection state rapidly. Here, we additionally provide information on income distribution and show that cooperation significantly increases overall. Moreover, the effect can be traced back to a higher cooperation rate for people in the lowest income classes.

Keywords: Prisoners' dilemma; assortative matching; information; cooperation; experiment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C9 D7 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010-02-02
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