Cooperation as a volunteer's dilemma and the strategy of conflict in public goods games

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2192-2200

  Archetti, M ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brinkmanship; Conflict; Cooperation; Public good; Social dilemma; Social evolution; Strategy; Volunteer's dilemma

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; GROUP SIZE; PRISONER DILEMMA; PUBLIC GOODS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; CONFLICT; COOPERATION; GAME; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; GAME THEORY; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 70350424380     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01835.x     Document Type: Article

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