How humans cooperate and punish

Herbert Gintis

Nature Human Behaviour, 2017, vol. 1, issue 9, 626-627

Abstract: Many studies have shown that human cooperation is fostered by altruistic cooperation and the altruistic punishment of freeriders. A study now shows significant asymmetries between cooperation in the initial provision of a social good and cooperation in the maintenance of an established social good.

Date: 2017
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