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EmsDad · 02-20-2012, 04:26 PM

There are differences between ED and WCU's tactics, but I think on a general basis the games are the same - they are both examples of unraveling in a matching market and they are both responses to a Prisoner's Dilemma.

I hadn't really thought about it before, but, as clearly indicated in the the posts above (esp. #114), WCU's response to their Prisoner's Dilemma results in putting a form of the Prisoner's Dilemma onto the applicants. Interesting stuff.

02-20-2012, 04:26 PM	#118
EmsDad Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Texas Posts: 458	There are differences between ED and WCU's tactics, but I think on a general basis the games are the same - they are both examples of unraveling in a matching market and they are both responses to a Prisoner's Dilemma. I hadn't really thought about it before, but, as clearly indicated in the the posts above (esp. #114), WCU's response to their Prisoner's Dilemma results in putting a form of the Prisoner's Dilemma onto the applicants. Interesting stuff. Last edited by EmsDad; 02-20-2012 at 04:39 PM.
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