Coexistence of cooperation and defection in public goods games

Evolution

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1140-1148

  Archetti, Marco ^a,b   Scheuring, István ^c,d  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^d KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR ETHOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Game theory; Mixed equilibrium; Prisoner's dilemma; Public good; Volunteer's dilemma

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; KIN SELECTION; PUBLIC GOODS; RELATEDNESS; VOLUNTARY APPROACH;

ARTICLE; COOPERATION; GAME; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; GAME THEORY; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79953314777     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2010.01185.x     Document Type: Article

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