Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5072609 | Games and Economic Behavior | 2008 | 12 Pages |
Abstract
That individuals contribute in social dilemma interactions even when contributing is costly is a well-established observation in the experimental literature. Since a contributor is always strictly worse off than a non-contributor the question is raised if an intrinsic motivation to contribute can survive in an evolutionary setting. Applying stochastic evolutionary dynamics we give conditions for equilibria with a positive number of contributors to be selected in the long run.
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Authors
Jens Josephson, Karl Wärneryd,