Can Altruism Hinder Cooperation?

Keisuke Nakao

Economics Bulletin, 2008, vol. 4, issue 26, 1-6

Abstract: This note considers the effects of altruism on cooperation in the context of a repeated Prisoner's Dilemma. Altruism has two conflicting impacts on cooperation: One is to reduce the temptation for defection the other is to make the future punishment ineffective. The total effect of altruism hinges on the shape of players'' cost functions.

Keywords: Continuous; Prisoner's; Dilemma (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D7 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008-08-15
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