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Role of Agreements in Overcoming Pareto Inefficient Outcomes
In strategic interactions like the one-shot prisoners' dilemma, independent decision-making often leads to a Pareto inefficient equilibrium where a better, mutually preferred outcome is possible. To achieve this superior result, players can engage in negotiation to form an explicit agreement to cooperate.
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