Stephen Dobson
Games of Two Halves: Non-Experimental Evidence on Cooperation, Defection and the Prisoner's Dilemma
Dobson, Stephen; Goddard, John
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John Goddard
Abstract
We develop a stylized two-period game-theoretic model of the strategic choices made by soccer teams when selecting between defensive and attacking team formations, and between non-violent and violent styles of play. Cooperative behaviour during the early stages of matches is typically superseded by non-cooperation during the latter stages. The propensity for violent play to take place in the latter stages of soccer matches is interpreted as novel non-experimental evidence that players typically resort to mutually detrimental non-cooperative forms of behaviour when the payoffs assume a prisoner's dilemma structure.
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Dobson, S., & Goddard, J. (2018). Games of Two Halves: Non-Experimental Evidence on Cooperation, Defection and the Prisoner's Dilemma. Review of Economic Analysis : REA Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis, 10(3), 285-312
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Apr 12, 2018 |
Publication Date | 2018 |
Deposit Date | Jun 2, 2018 |
Publicly Available Date | Mar 28, 2024 |
Print ISSN | 1973-3909 |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 10 |
Issue | 3 |
Pages | 285-312 |
Keywords | Game theory; Prisoner's dilemma; Hazard functions JEL classification: C41; C70; L83 |
Public URL | https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/860801 |
Publisher URL | http://rofea.org/index.php?journal=journal&page=article&op=view&path%5B%5D=301 |
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© 2018 Stephen Dobson and John Goddard. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution - Noncommercial 3.0 Licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/.
Available at http://rofea.org.
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