Title: Does bilateralism foster cooperation in Europe? An experimental approach of comparative merits of bilateralism and multilateralis
Abstract: Europe is oscillating between increased integration and permanent risk of dissolution. In this framework, one often debates the role of bilateral relations, with the following question: does bilateralism foster or delay overall co-operation? We address this question in an experimental framework where we study the behaviour of agents who are confronted with a multiplicity of prisoners' dilemma games, either in a bilateral or a multilateral way. We surprisingly observe that the co-operation between all is significantly higher when interactions are bilateral and that the difference between these two institutional contexts is growing in time in favour of bilateralism.
Publication Year: 2009
Publication Date: 2009-01-01
Language: en
Type: preprint
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