an interesting paper Cooper and Kegel (2023) exist AEJ: Microeconomics Discover using teams (rather than individuals) at work prisoner’s dilemma Compared with individuals playing against each other, games are more likely to lead to cooperation.
We compare the behavior of two-person teams with that of individuals in an infinitely repeated Prisoner’s Dilemma game, with perfect monitoring. Team discussions are used to understand the rationale behind these choices and how they came about. The main findings are as follows: (i) Teams learn to cooperate faster than individuals, and team cooperation is more stable. (ii) Strategies identified through team dialogue are different from strategies identified through strategy frequency estimation methods. This reflects the improvisational nature of team decision-making. (iii) Increased cooperation is primarily driven by unilateral team cooperation in order to induce cooperation among opponents.
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