Cycles of Conditional Cooperation in A Real-Time Voluntary Contribution Mechanism

This paper provides a new way to identify conditional cooperation in a real-time version of the standard voluntary contribution mechanism. We define contribution cycles as the number of contributors a player waits for before committing to a further contribution, and use a permutation test on contrib...

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Main Authors: Ro’i Zultan, M. Vittoria Levati
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2011-01-01
Series:Games
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4336/2/1/586/