Punishing Collective Entities
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Larger groups may alleviate collective action problems
This paper shows how larger group size can enhance punishing behavior in social dilemmas and hence support higher levels of cooperation. We focus on describing conict technology using Lanchesters equations and study the role of collectivityof punishment to support cooperation in large groups. The main results suggest that as long as defectors are, even slightly, less collectivethan punish...
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