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A Game-Theoretical Approach to the Formation of Ethical Norms
| Title: | A Game-Theoretical Approach to the Formation of Ethical Norms |
| Authors: | Machino, Kazuo1 Browse this author |
| Authors(alt): | 町野, 和夫1 |
| Issue Date: | Dec-2005 |
| Publisher: | Graduate School of Economics and Business Administration, Hokkaido University |
| Journal Title: | Discussion Paper, Series A |
| Volume: | 157 |
| Start Page: | 1 |
| End Page: | 13 |
| Abstract: | This essay showｓ the formation of the ethical-norms analytically by modeling them with a Bayesian game played by bounded-rational players. They are bounded-rational in the sense that they have limited memory. The players’ limited memory makes them forget other choices they had and think their relatively successful choice a convention. Deviation from it causes payoff decrease, thus, creates an incentive to penalize the deviator. Finally, reinforcement mechanism of repeating penalty makes the socially beneficial but personally costly convention an ethical norm. |
| Type: | bulletin (article) |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2115/8475 |
| Appears in Collections: | Discussion paper > Series A
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Submitter: 町野 和夫
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