Don’t they at least a little bit? Isn’t pre-commitment a natural feature of TDT? That doesn’t necessarily solve such problems, but it does seem like its relevant. I suppose that’s not a new insight; guess I answered my own question.
Allowing players to precommit isn’t enough to pin down a single outcome in a bargaining game. Different combinations of precommitments can lead to different deals, or even failure to make a deal at all if they are incompatible.
In this context what the pseudo precommitment does is allow B to metaphorically break out of an ultimatum game even if A was somehow able to limit the situation to an ultimatum. Note: this would apply even if only B was using TDT and A was using a CDT.
Don’t they at least a little bit? Isn’t pre-commitment a natural feature of TDT? That doesn’t necessarily solve such problems, but it does seem like its relevant. I suppose that’s not a new insight; guess I answered my own question.
Allowing players to precommit isn’t enough to pin down a single outcome in a bargaining game. Different combinations of precommitments can lead to different deals, or even failure to make a deal at all if they are incompatible.
In this context what the pseudo precommitment does is allow B to metaphorically break out of an ultimatum game even if A was somehow able to limit the situation to an ultimatum. Note: this would apply even if only B was using TDT and A was using a CDT.