Second-Order Free-Riding on Antisocial Punishment Restores the Effectiveness of Prosocial Punishment

Economic experiments have shown that punishment can increase public goods game contributions over time. However, the effectiveness of punishment is challenged by second-order free-riding and antisocial punishment. The latter implies that noncooperators punish cooperators, while the former implies un...

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Main Authors: Attila Szolnoki, Matjaž Perc
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2017-10-01
Series:Physical Review X
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.7.041027