When agreement-accepting free-riders are a necessary evil for the evolution of cooperation
Abstract Agreements and commitments have provided a novel mechanism to promote cooperation in social dilemmas in both one-shot and repeated games. Individuals requesting others to commit to cooperate (proposers) incur a cost, while their co-players are not necessarily required to pay any, allowing t...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2017-05-01
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| Series: | Scientific Reports |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-02625-z |