| Human cooperation: second-order free-riding problem solved? | |
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PMID: 16177738 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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Panchanathan and Boyd describe a model of indirect reciprocity in which mutual aid among cooperators can promote large-scale human cooperation without succumbing to a second-order free-riding problem (whereby individuals receive but do not give aid). However, the model does not include second-order free riders as one of the possible behavioural types. Here I present a simplified version of their model to demonstrate how cooperation unravels if second-round defectors enter the population, and this shows that the free-riding problem remains unsolved. |
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Authors:
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James H Fowler |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Comment; Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Nature Volume: 437 ISSN: 1476-4687 ISO Abbreviation: Nature Publication Date: 2005 Sep |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2005-09-22 Completed Date: 2005-10-05 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0410462 Medline TA: Nature Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: E8; discussion E8-9 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Political Science, University of California at Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA jhfowler@ucdavis.edu |
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Cooperative Behavior* Game Theory Humans Probability Punishment |
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Comment On:
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Nature. 2004 Nov 25;432(7016):499-502
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