
Luc-Alain Giraldeau (ed.)
et al.
Published online:
24 May 2018
Published in print:
05 May 2017
Online ISBN:
9780262339803
Print ISBN:
9780262036122
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Introduction Introduction
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Punishment Institutions Punishment Institutions
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Centralized Punishment Centralized Punishment
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Decentralized Punishment and Social Norms Decentralized Punishment and Social Norms
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Exclusion and Sorting Exclusion and Sorting
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Reputation Motives Reputation Motives
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Bounded Rationality Bounded Rationality
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Learning Learning
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Reinforcement, Endogenous Aspirations, Forward-Looking Learners Reinforcement, Endogenous Aspirations, Forward-Looking Learners
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Imitation, Networks, and Exclusion Imitation, Networks, and Exclusion
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Categorization Categorization
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Cultural Transmission and Evolution of Preferences Cultural Transmission and Evolution of Preferences
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Discussion and Conclusion Discussion and Conclusion
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Acknowledgments Acknowledgments
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Chapter
2 Explaining Variation in Cooperative Behavior: Perspectives from the Economics Literature
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Published:May 2017
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Mengel, Friederike, and Joël van der Weele, 'Explaining Variation in Cooperative Behavior: Perspectives from the Economics Literature', in Luc-Alain Giraldeau, Philipp Heeb, and Michael Kosfeld (eds), Investors and Exploiters in Ecology and Economics: Principles and Applications (Cambridge, MA , 2017; online edn, MIT Press Scholarship Online, 24 May 2018), https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/9780262036122.003.0002, accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
Abstract
Casual observation and controlled experiments show that humans display great heterogeneity in their tendency to exploit others or invest in mutual cooperation. This chapter reviews models in the economics literature that can explain the coexistence of free riders (exploiters) and cooperators (investors). A distinction is made between models of full and bounded rationality. Although some models provide tentative explanations, there is a large gap between the empirical and theoretical literature, and there has been little effort to integrate long- and short-run models.
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