Sticks and carrots: Two incentive mechanisms supporting intra-group cooperation

Thorsten Janus and Jamus Lim

Economics Letters, 2009, vol. 102, issue 3, 177-180

Abstract: In this note, we introduce two distinct incentive mechanisms that support dynamic intra-group cooperation in the context of prisoner's dilemma payoffs: rewards for cooperating, and punishments for defection, where the rewarding or punishing party may be outside the relationship.

Keywords: Intra-group; cooperation; Prisoner's; dilemma (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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