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Actually I don't think it passes as an instance of Prisoner's Dilemma". Post clearly says "The students waited outside the rooms to make sure that others honore
by krcz 14y ago
Actually I don't think it passes as an instance of Prisoner's Dilemma". Post clearly says "The students waited outside the rooms to make sure that others honored the boycott, and were poised to go in if someone had." It would be, if they couldn't control each other - for example they could have been made to give non-blank sheet of paper after exam.
- fossuser 14y agoYeah typically collusion is explicitly not allowed when considering the games.
- robbrown451 14y agoAlso, there wasn't an incentive to defect, since they get maximum value by cooperating.
- krcz 14y agoAbsolutely, but not relatively. It's as-good-as-everyone vs better-than-everyone.