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Author
C. Traxler
M. Spichtig
Year
2011
Title
Social norms and the indirect evolution of conditional cooperation
Journal
Journal of Economics
Volume | Issue number
102 | 3
Pages (from-to)
237-262
Document type
Article
Faculty
Faculty of Science (FNWI)
Institute
Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED)
Abstract
We develop a model of social norms and cooperation in large societies. Within this framework we use an indirect evolutionary approach to study the endogenous formation of preferences and the co-evolution of norm compliance. The multiplicity of equilibria, which emerges in the presence of social norms, is linked to the evolutionary analysis: individuals face situations where many others cooperate as well as situations where a majority free-rides. The evolutionary adaptation to such heterogenous environments favors conditional cooperators, who condition their pro-social behavior on the others’ cooperation. As conditional cooperators react flexibly to their social environment, they dominate free-riders as well as unconditional cooperators.
URL
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Language
English
Permalink
http://hdl.handle.net/11245/1.355622
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