Partner Choice and Cooperation in Networks

In this book, a social dilemma with partner selection is introduced and studied with the methods of formal game theory, experimental economics and computer simulations. It allows exploration of simultaneous dynamics of the network structure and cooperative behavior on this structure. The results of this study show that partner choice strongly facilitates cooperation and leads to networks where free-riders are likely to be excluded.

Publication Year: 2008
Imprint: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Format: P
Weight (Gram): 338