Sequential reciprocity in two-player, two-stage games: An experimental analysis

• Published in: Games and economic behavior Vol. 70; no. 2; pp. 289 - 303
• Main Authors: Dhaene, Geert, Bouckaert, Jan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Duluth Elsevier Inc 01.11.2010; Elsevier; Academic Press
• Series: Games and Economic Behavior
• Subjects: Behavior; Belief & doubt; Beliefs; Equilibrium models; Game theory; Mini-ultimatum game; Prisoner's dilemma; Reciprocity; Sequential prisoner's dilemma; Sequential reciprocity; Sequential reciprocity Sequential prisoner's dilemma Mini-ultimatum game; Signalling; Studies; D63; A13; Sequential reciprocity; Sequential prisoner's dilemma; Mini-ultimatum game; C70; C92

We experimentally test Dufwenberg and Kirchsteiger's (2004) theory of sequential reciprocity in a sequential prisoner's dilemma and a mini-ultimatum game. Data on behavior and first- and second-order beliefs allow us to classify each subject's behavior as a material best response, a r...