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The Prevalence of Free Riding

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  • Per Molander

    (Ministry of Finance, Sweden)

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The prospects for the spontaneous emergence of cooperation in n -person prisoner's dilemmas are studied within an evolutionary framework. Both purely cooperative regimes and states representing a mix of conditionally cooperative with noncooperative strategies turn out to be possible outcomes of the selection process, but only the latter correspond to evolutionarily stable strategies. Two-person games differ qualitatively from games with three or more players in that they are more propitious to cooperative regimes. Spontaneous cooperation in general collective-action games therefore appears less likely than much of the recent literature seems to indicate.

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  • Per Molander, 1992. "The Prevalence of Free Riding," Journal of Conflict Resolution, Peace Science Society (International), vol. 36(4), pages 756-771, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:jocore:v:36:y:1992:i:4:p:756-771
    DOI: 10.1177/0022002792036004007
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