Risk of collective failure provides an escape from the tragedy of the commons

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 26, 2011, Pages 10421-10425

  Santos, Francisco C ^a,b   Pacheco, Jorge M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b ATP Group CMAF Instituto Para A Investigação Interdisciplinar   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Climate change; Collective risk; Game theory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLLECTIVE RISK; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; DECISION MAKING; DYNAMICS; EVOLUTIONARY DYNAMICS; GAME; NETWORK LEARNING; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; GAME THEORY; HUMANS; RISK;

EID: 79960590927     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1015648108     Document Type: Article

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