The Absent-Minded Prisoner
Greifswald Economics Working Paper No. 14/98
20 Pages Posted: 31 Oct 2000
There are 2 versions of this paper
The Absent-Minded Prisoner
Greifswald Economics Working Paper No. 14/98
Number of pages: 20
Posted: 31 Oct 2000
You are currently viewing this paper
Downloads
125
The Absent-Minded Prisoner
Spanish Economic Review, Vol. 8, No. 4, pp. 301-315, 2006
Posted: 16 May 2007
Date Written: November 1998
Abstract
If one of two rational players is absent-minded for at least three rounds, cooperation in a prisoners' dilemma with a finite number of repetitions is possible. If both players are absent-minded, even two rounds of absent-mindedness can be enough for cooperation in these rounds and all rounds before. Sufficient conditions for the existence of a cooperative equilibrium are derived, a plausible interpretation of absent-mindedness in the case of many repetitions is given.
JEL Classification: C72
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Dilger, Alexander, The Absent-Minded Prisoner (November 1998). Greifswald Economics Working Paper No. 14/98, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=246811 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.246811
Do you have negative results from your research you’d like to share?
Feedback
Feedback to SSRN
If you need immediate assistance, call 877-SSRNHelp (877 777 6435) in the United States, or +1 212 448 2500 outside of the United States, 8:30AM to 6:00PM U.S. Eastern, Monday - Friday.