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dc.contributor.authorSteine, Frøydis Sæbø
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-11T06:49:12Z
dc.date.available2018-07-11T06:49:12Z
dc.date.issued2018-06-28
dc.date.submitted2018-06-27T22:00:04Z
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1956/17881
dc.description.abstractCommunication has been shown to enhance cooperation (Dawes, McTavish and Shaklee 1977; Isaac and Walker 1988; Sally 1995; Bochet, Page and Putterman 2006). But do all people benefit equally from communication? This thesis experimentally investigates two main research questions. First, how does chat room communication affect cooperation between two individuals in a social dilemma? Second, are individuals with different cooperative dispositions affected differently by communication? I also explore how potential partners use language to affect each other’s behaviour. I conduct an experiment to answer these questions. The experiment consists of three parts. In the first part, I elicit subjects’ cooperative dispositions. In the second part, I study participants’ cooperative behaviour in a two-person repeated prisoner’s dilemma. All subjects are randomly placed in potential pairs of two. Each subject may choose to form a mutual partnership with the other person before engaging in the prisoner’s dilemma. Half of the pairs may communicate with each other through a chat room prior to the partner choice. In the third and final part of the experiment, I re-elicit subjects’ cooperative dispositions. Results show that communication does not increase the overall probability of successfully forming a mutual partnership or subjects’ overall payoff. However, subjects’ average contributions are higher when they may communicate with their potential partner. More specifically, subjects classified as Cooperators in the first part of the experiment contribute significantly more when able to communicate, compared to Cooperators who cannot. Free Riders who may communicate are more likely to form mutual partnerships and they earn a higher payoff than Free Riders who may not communicate. The experiment is computerized using the experimental program z-Tree 3.6.7 (Fischbacher 2007). Results are analysed using the statistical software STATA/IC 14.2 and Microsoft Excel 16.12.en_US
dc.language.isoengeng
dc.publisherThe University of Bergeneng
dc.subjectCommunicationeng
dc.subjectPrisoner's Dilemmaeng
dc.subjectPartner Choiceeng
dc.subjectSTATA/ICeng
dc.subjectCooperationeng
dc.subjectquantitative text analysiseng
dc.titleDo actions speak louder than words? - Communication and partner choice in the prisoner's dilemma gameeng
dc.typeMaster thesisen_US
dc.date.updated2018-06-27T22:00:04Z
dc.rights.holderCopyright the author. All rights reserved.en_US
dc.description.degreeMasteroppgåve
dc.description.localcodeECON391
dc.subject.nus734103eng
fs.subjectcodeECON391
fs.unitcode15-15-0


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