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Johnson, Samuel (2015) Escaping the tragedy of the commons through targeted punishment. Royal Society Open Science , 2 (8). pp. 1-9. 150223. doi:10.1098/rsos.150223 ISSN 2054-5703.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.150223
Abstract
Failures of cooperation cause many of society's gravest problems. It is well known that cooperation among many players faced with a social dilemma can be maintained thanks to the possibility of punishment, but achieving the initial state of widespread cooperation is often much more difficult. We show here that there exist strategies of ‘targeted punishment’ whereby a small number of punishers can shift a population of defectors into a state of global cooperation. We conclude by outlining how the international community could use a strategy of this kind to combat climate change.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory Q Science > QA Mathematics |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Mathematics | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Externalities (Economics), Carbon dioxide mitigation | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Royal Society Open Science | ||||||||
| Publisher: | The Royal Society Publishing | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 2054-5703 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | 26 August 2015 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 2 | ||||||||
| Number: | 8 | ||||||||
| Number of Pages: | 9 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 1-9 | ||||||||
| Article Number: | 150223 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1098/rsos.150223 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 29 February 2016 | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 29 February 2016 | ||||||||
| Funder: | Spain. Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad [Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness] (MINECO) | ||||||||
| Grant number: | FIS2013-43201-P (MINECO) |
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