The impact of personality on behavior in five Prisoner's Dilemma games
The impact of personality on behavior in five Prisoner's Dilemma games
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DOI：
10.1016/s0167-4870(99)00012-4
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发表时间：
1999-06-01
影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
van Witteloostuijn, A
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作者：
Boone, C;De Brabander, B;van Witteloostuijn, A
关于囚徒困境和类似的非合作情境中的行为，有大量的理论和实验研究文献。尽管有这些令人印象深刻的知识，我们对（非）合作行为的决定因素的理解仍然有限。一个重要的原因是，经济学的方法往往从站不住脚的假设同性恋匿名开始。本研究的目的是探讨潜在的增益交叉的洞察力，从经济学和心理学放松这一假设在市场设置（囚徒困境-双寡头定价）的游戏。更具体地说，它认为，经济代理人不同，因为他们的倾向合作。为了分析这个问题，我们在马斯特里赫特大学进行了一个实验。我们研究了人格对五个囚徒困境游戏中竞争与合作行为的影响。具体而言，本文涉及四个人格特质：控制点，自我监控，A型行为和感觉寻求。这个实验清楚地表明，个性很重要。通过评价的方式，我们的研究结果的影响进行了讨论。(C)1999 Elsevier Science B. V.保留所有权利。PsycINFO分类。2300; 3020; 3120; 3640; 3660 JEL分类：L2; M2。
There is a huge body of literature on both theoretical and experimental research of behavior in Prisoner's Dilemma and similar non-cooperative settings. Despite this impressive stock of knowledge, our understanding of the determinants of (non-)cooperative behavior remains limited. An important reason is that the economic approach tends to start from the untenable assumption of the homo anonymous. The purpose of the present study is to explore the potential gain of cross-fertilizing insights from economics and psychology by relaxing this assumption in a market setting (a Prisoner's Dilemma - duopoly pricing) game. More specifically, it is argued that economic agents differ as to their inclination toward cooperation. To analyze this issue, we conducted an experiment at the University Maastricht. We investigate the effect of personality on competitive versus cooperative behavior in five Prisoner's Dilemma games. Specifically, the paper deals with four personality traits: locus of control, self-monitoring, type-A behavior and sensation seeking. The experiment clearly shows that personality matters. By way of appraisal, the implications of our findings are discussed. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.PsycINFO classification. 2300; 3020; 3120; 3640; 3660JEL classification: L2; M2.