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The Assurance Game is “a situation where neither player can provide a sufficient amount of the good if they contribute alone, thus for each player, if the other Defects then she should also Defect, but if the other Cooperates then she would prefer to Cooperate as well. | The Assurance Game is “a situation where neither player can provide a sufficient amount of the good if they contribute alone, thus for each player, if the other Defects then she should also Defect, but if the other Cooperates then she would prefer to Cooperate as well." | ||
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The assurance game is discussed at length by Michael Taylor in his book “The Possibility of | The assurance game is discussed at length by Michael Taylor in his book “The Possibility of Cooperation", Cambridge University Press, 1987 | ||
In this essay, defending the possibility of ‘anarchist cooperation’ as a model of society, the author reviews the objections of the classic Prisoner’s Dilemma, arguing that they are superseded in case of repeated re-iteration, see http://www.spunk.org/texts/misc/sp000161.txt | In this essay, defending the possibility of ‘anarchist cooperation’ as a model of society, the author reviews the objections of the classic Prisoner’s Dilemma, arguing that they are superseded in case of repeated re-iteration, see http://www.spunk.org/texts/misc/sp000161.txt | ||
See the related entry on the [[Prisoner's Dilemma]] | See the related entry on the [[Prisoner's Dilemma]] and the [[Chicken Game]]. | ||
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The Assurance Game
Definition
The Assurance Game is “a situation where neither player can provide a sufficient amount of the good if they contribute alone, thus for each player, if the other Defects then she should also Defect, but if the other Cooperates then she would prefer to Cooperate as well." (http://www.spunk.org/texts/misc/sp000161.txt )
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The assurance game is discussed at length by Michael Taylor in his book “The Possibility of Cooperation", Cambridge University Press, 1987
In this essay, defending the possibility of ‘anarchist cooperation’ as a model of society, the author reviews the objections of the classic Prisoner’s Dilemma, arguing that they are superseded in case of repeated re-iteration, see http://www.spunk.org/texts/misc/sp000161.txt
See the related entry on the Prisoner's Dilemma and the Chicken Game.