A Note on Stabilizing Cooperation in the Centipede Game

In the much-studied Centipede Game, which resembles the Iterated Prisoners’ Dilemma, two players successively choose between (1) cooperating, by continuing play, or (2) defecting and terminating play. The subgame-perfect Nash equilibrium implies that play terminates on the first move, even though co...

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Main Authors: Steven J. Brams, D. Marc Kilgour
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-08-01
Series:Games
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4336/11/3/35