Human behavior in golden balls game

• Main Authors: Eung, Chhor Sang, Lam, Chia Chee, Heng, Wendy Jie Ying
• Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Psychology::Ethics
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/42422
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

We examine guilt aversion and gender discrimination in a Prisoner's Dilemma game setting, using data of the British television game show “Golden Balls”. Given the naturally competitive setting with real monetary rewards, we can observe the decisions made by the contestants in a controlled setti...