Members of some species of hermaphroditic fish choose in


Members of some species of hermaphroditic fish choose, in each mating encounter, whether to play the role of a male or a female. Each fish has a preferred role, which uses up fewer resources and hence allows more future mating. A fish obtains a payoff of H if it mates in its preferred role and L if it mates in the other role, where H > L. (Payoffs are measured in terms of number of offspring, which fish are evolved to maximize.) Consider an encounter between two fish whose preferred roles are the same. Each fish has two possible actions: mate in either role, and insist on its preferred role. If both fish offer to mate in either role, the roles are assigned randomly, and each fish’s payoff is 0.5(H + L) (the average of H and L). If each fish insists on its preferred role, the fish do not mate; each goes off in search of another partner, and obtains the payoff S. The higher the chance of meeting another partner, the larger is S. Formulate this situation as a strategic game and determine the range of values of S, for any given values of H and L, for which the game differs from the Prisoner’s Dilemma only in the names of the actions.

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