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Second-order free-riding problem solved?

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  • James H. Fowler

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Arising from: K. Panchanathan & R. Boyd Nature 432, 499–502 (2004); K. Panchanathan & R. Boyd reply Panchanathan and Boyd1 describe a model of indirect reciprocity in which mutual aid among cooperators can promote large-scale human cooperation without succumbing to a second-order free-riding problem2 (whereby individuals receive but do not give aid). However, the model does not include second-order free riders as one of the possible behavioural types. Here I present a simplified version of their model to demonstrate how cooperation unravels if second-round defectors enter the population, and this shows that the free-riding problem remains unsolved.

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  • James H. Fowler, 2005. "Second-order free-riding problem solved?," Nature, Nature, vol. 437(7058), pages 8-8, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:437:y:2005:i:7058:d:10.1038_nature04201
    DOI: 10.1038/nature04201
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