On the size and structure of group cooperation

DOI10.1016/J.JET.2005.08.011zbMATH Open1186.91026OpenAlexW3125599737MaRDI QIDQ996366FDOQ996366

Matthew Haag, Roger Lagunoff

Publication date: 14 September 2007

Published in: Journal of Economic Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/269463/files/twerp650.pdf?subformat=pdfa

zbMATH Keywords

returns to scalerepeated gamesheterogeneous discount factorsmaximal average cooperation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Cooperative games (91A12) Multistage and repeated games (91A20)

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• Asymmetrical expectations of future interaction and cooperation in the iterated prisoner's dilemma game
• Group size effects in social evolution
• Trust in cohesive communities
• Record-Keeping and Cooperation in Large Societies
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