Cooperation in Intergroup, N-Person, and Two-Person Games of Chicken

@article{citeulike:1476922, abstract = {The authors introduce a new team game, the intergroup chicken game, to model intergroup conflicts involving bilateral threats (e.g., military conflicts, industrial disputes). The group that wins the game is the one that competes while the other group yields, and the benefits associated with winning (e.g., territory, higher wages) are public goods for the members of that group. However, a failure to yield on the part of both groups leads to an outcome (e.g., war, strike) that is disastrous to all the players. The authors report an experiment in which an intergroup chicken game with two players on each team was compared to a two-person chicken game and a (single-group) four-person chicken game. The games were played repeatedly, and each round was preceded by a signaling period. Results showed that subjects were more competitive (and, consequently, less efficient) in the intergroup chicken game than in either the two-person or the four-person chicken game. 10.1177/0022002797041003003}, author = {Bornstein, Gary and Budescu, David and Zamir, Shmuel }, citeulike-article-id = {1476922}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022002797041003003}, journal = {Journal of Conflict Resolution}, keywords = {empirical\_data, game}, month = {June}, number = {3}, pages = {384--406}, posted-at = {2007-07-24 16:04:33}, priority = {2}, title = {Cooperation in Intergroup, N-Person, and Two-Person Games of Chicken}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022002797041003003}, volume = {41}, year = {1997} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1476922 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1476922 TI - Cooperation in Intergroup, N-Person, and Two-Person Games of Chicken JF - Journal of Conflict Resolution VL - 41 IS - 3 SP - 384 EP - 406 N2 - The authors introduce a new team game, the intergroup chicken game, to model intergroup conflicts involving bilateral threats (e.g., military conflicts, industrial disputes). The group that wins the game is the one that competes while the other group yields, and the benefits associated with winning (e.g., territory, higher wages) are public goods for the members of that group. However, a failure to yield on the part of both groups leads to an outcome (e.g., war, strike) that is disastrous to all the players. The authors report an experiment in which an intergroup chicken game with two players on each team was compared to a two-person chicken game and a (single-group) four-person chicken game. The games were played repeatedly, and each round was preceded by a signaling period. Results showed that subjects were more competitive (and, consequently, less efficient) in the intergroup chicken game than in either the two-person or the four-person chicken game. 10.1177/0022002797041003003 KW - empirical_data KW - game AU - Bornstein, Gary AU - Budescu, David AU - Zamir, Shmuel PY - 1997/06/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022002797041003003 ER -