<p>Sayers et al look in <a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/002200276000400204?casa_token=2Tu4lDl7sxoAAAAA:hZAPPiOyqZmfCINGNs8a-zu1O-1vA4oXu4JJ3MD1XTwywyNaeNuPs6AJyXIeToTNePHyczLcfBVsLQ" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Some descriptive aspects of two-person non-zero-sum</a> games at variations of the prisoner dilemma. They had two participants (α and β) pressing press either a black (1) or a red (2) button. In one example they used the matrix:
<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/iAiXx.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/iAiXx.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
<p>In the discussion they write:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>In none of these games does the collaborative strategy, (α:1 and β:1)
or black-black, occur more frequently than it would if subjects
pressed red and black at random with equal probability.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Is this finding replicated in other studies or is it only a non-replicateable one-of-finding? In case there was a replication and it was better then random, did still a significant number of participants chose against picking the collaborative option?</p>

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2021-06-09T21:30:16.520Z
How about calling this a 2-by-2 game instead of a prisoner's dilemma?
Giskard
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@Giskard : If you have a better idea how to formulate the question, I'm happy for you to edit it into a better form.
Christian
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I remember having seen a similar game being called the *harmony game*, but I'm not aware of experimental studies.
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In experiments of 2-by-2 games where the dominant action benefits both players, do people frequently choose the other action?
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# In experiments of 2-by-2 games where the dominant action benefits both players, do people frequently choose the other action?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-06-09)

Sayers et al look in [Some descriptive aspects of two-person non-zero-sum](https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/002200276000400204?casa_token=2Tu4lDl7sxoAAAAA:hZAPPiOyqZmfCINGNs8a-zu1O-1vA4oXu4JJ3MD1XTwywyNaeNuPs6AJyXIeToTNePHyczLcfBVsLQ) games at variations of the prisoner dilemma. They had two participants (α and β) pressing press either a black (1) or a red (2) button. In one example they used the matrix:
[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/iAiXx.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/iAiXx.png)

In the discussion they write:

> In none of these games does the collaborative strategy, (α:1 and β:1)
> or black-black, occur more frequently than it would if subjects
> pressed red and black at random with equal probability.

Is this finding replicated in other studies or is it only a non-replicateable one-of-finding? In case there was a replication and it was better then random, did still a significant number of participants chose against picking the collaborative option?

**Tags:** game-theory, behavioral-economics, experimental-economics

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: How about calling this a 2-by-2 game instead of a prisoner's dilemma?  
> **username_0**: @username_1 : If you have a better idea how to formulate the question, I'm happy for you to edit it into a better form.  
> **username_2**: I remember having seen a similar game being called the *harmony game*, but I'm not aware of experimental studies.  

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