For the following parts, suppose this game is played for infinitely many times with discount factor for both players & € [0, 1). 6. Let both players adopt the following strategy: start with cooperation; cooperate if both players cooperated or both players defected in the previous period; defect if one player defected and another player cooperated in the previous period. In other words, the punishment for deviating from cooperation only lasts for one period, and both players revert to cooperation immediately after. What is the condition on & for this strategy profile to be a SPNE? (a) 8 > 0 (b) & 1/4

For the following parts, suppose this game is played for infinitely many times with discount factor for both players & € [0, 1). 6. Let both players adopt the following strategy: start with cooperation; cooperate if both players cooperated or both players defected in the previous period; defect if one player defected and another player cooperated in the previous period. In other words, the punishment for deviating from cooperation only lasts for one period, and both players revert to cooperation immediately after. What is the condition on & for this strategy profile to be a SPNE? (a) 8 > 0 (b) & 1/4

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Chapter8: Game Theory

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