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Consequential and Appropriate Decisions in International Conflict: An experiment with students operating a fishing dispute simulator

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  • Kuperman Ranan

    (University of Haifa – International Relations, Abba Khoushy Ave 199, Haifa 3498838, Israel)

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This research compares decision making patterns of two groups of subjects engaged in an international conflict against a virtual actor within a computerized simulated environment that operates according to a set of predetermined rules. Subjects assigned to the first group could attempt to improve their status by choosing from a set of different types of policies, such as negotiating an agreement, threatening, mobilizing forces, and use of force. Subjects assigned to the second group also played against a virtual opponent that was programed to behave in an identical manner and produce identical payoffs. However, instead of each policy being labeled with a substantive meaning, policies were categorized in a formal manner as Policies A, B, C, etc. Therefore the only criterion for evaluating a policy was on the basis of outcomes. The results of this experiment reveal that providing a meaning to each policy rather than a formal label influenced policy preferences and impeded the ability of the subjects to learn from experience.

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  • Kuperman Ranan, 2016. "Consequential and Appropriate Decisions in International Conflict: An experiment with students operating a fishing dispute simulator," Peace Economics, Peace Science, and Public Policy, De Gruyter, vol. 22(2), pages 131-157, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:pepspp:v:22:y:2016:i:2:p:131-157:n:4
    DOI: 10.1515/peps-2016-0006
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