Teams promise but do not deliver
Individuals and two-person teams play a hidden-action trust game with pre-play communication. We replicate previous results for individuals that non-binding promises increase cooperation rates, but this does not extend to teams. While teams promise to cooperate at the same rate as individuals, they...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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2 August 2019
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Games and economic behavior
Year: 2019, Volume: 117, Pages: 420-432 |
| ISSN: | 1090-2473 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.geb.2019.07.013 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geb.2019.07.013 Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0899825619301113 
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| Author Notes: | Kirby Nielsen, Puja Bhattacharya, John H. Kagel, Arjun Sengupta |
| Summary: | Individuals and two-person teams play a hidden-action trust game with pre-play communication. We replicate previous results for individuals that non-binding promises increase cooperation rates, but this does not extend to teams. While teams promise to cooperate at the same rate as individuals, they consistently renege on those promises. Additional treatments begin to explore the basis for team behavior. We rule out explanations hypothesizing that concern for partner's payoff drives team outcomes, as absent within-team communication, promise fulfillment rates increase compared to individuals. Rather, the results are consistent with the idea that communication between teammates provides support for self-serving behavior. |
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| Item Description: | Gesehen am 13.03.2020 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1090-2473 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.geb.2019.07.013 |