Social Dilemmas

Anatol Rapoport

Chapter 12 in Decision Theory and Decision Behaviour, 1998, pp 254-272 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Social dilemmas (or social traps, as they are sometimes called) are situations in which each participant appears to be acting rationally, and yet the result is to everyone’s disadvantage. For example if a fire breaks out in a crowded theatre and everyone rushes to the exits, everyone may be trapped in the resulting crush.

Keywords: Public Good; Social Dilemma; Chain Store; Group Size Effect; Maximin Strategy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1998
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230377769_13

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