On cooperation and trust in strategic games [Elektronische Ressource] : behavioral evidence from the Middle East and Europe / vorgelegt von: Gari Walkowitz

ON COOPERATION AND TRUSTIN STRATEGIC GAMESBehavioral Evidence from the Middle East and EuropeInaugural-Dissertationzur Erlangung des Grades eines Doktorsder Wirtschafts- und Gesellschaftswissenschaftendurch dieRechts- und Staatswissenschaftliche Fakult¨at derRheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universita¨t zu Bonnvorgelegt von:GARI WALKOWITZaus BerlinBonn, 29. Ma¨rz 2010Referent: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Reinhard SeltenLaboratory for Experimental Economics, University of BonnKo-referent: Prof. Dr. Armin FalkInstitute for Empirical Research in Economics, University of BonnDekan: Prof. Dr. Christian HillgruberTag der mu¨ndlichen Pru¨fung: 29. Ma¨rz 2010Contents iContentsIntroductory comments 1Chapter I: On the Prevalence of Framing Effects Across Subject Pools 5I.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5I.2 Experimental framework: Two cooperation games. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8I.2.1 Continuous prisoner’s dilemma with positive externality (PDP) . . . . . 8I.2.2 Continuous prisoner’s dilemma with negative externality (PDN) . . . . . 9I.2.3 Equivalence of the two games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9I.3 Experimental procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11I.4 Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13I.4.1 General cooperation in different subject pools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13I.4.