Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5062480 | Economics Letters | 2007 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
We show that microeconomic chaotic variations of payoffs in the prisoner's dilemma game maintain cooperation over a broad range of defection temptation values where otherwise economic stalemate reigns. Thus, unpredictability at micro scales impedes mutual defection that inflicts social poverty.
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Authors
Matjaž Perc,