Experiment-inspired comments on John Roemer’s theory of cooperation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13693184 |
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| Authors | Antoni Bosch‐Domènech (0000-0002-8302-4416, Universitat Pompeu Fabra), Antoni Bosch-Domènech (Barcelona GSE, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain), Joaquim Silvestre (University of California, Davis, CA, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 77 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 69-89 |
| Publication date | 2019-01-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Review of Social Economy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-6764 • E-ISSN: 1470-1162 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00346764.2018.1562200 |
| OpenAlex | W2790843760 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 27 |
We report on a nonsocial experiment where we find that all participants choose the dominant strategy in the experimental payoff, and compare it with the payoff-isomorphic, but social, Prisoner’s Dilemma treatment presented in a recent paper by Bosch-Domènech and Silvestre where 28% choose cooperation instead of the dominant strategy. The contrast reinforces Roemer’s emphasis on human cooperation. Next, we argue that Roemer’s Simple Kantian Equilibrium works well as a theory of cooperation under the assumption of monotonicity (positive or negative externalities), but not when efficient cooperation requires the division of labor by coordinating dissimilar tasks
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