Can Altruism Hinder Cooperation?
) (College of Business and Economics, University of Hawaii, Hilo) Abstract This note considers the effects of altruism on cooperation in the context of a repeated Prisoner’s Dilemma. Altruism has two conflicting impacts on cooperation: One is to reduce the temptation for defection; the other is to make the future punishment ineffective. The total effect of altruism hinges on the shape of players’ cost functions. Download InfoTo download: If you experience problems downloading a file, check if you have the proper application to view it first. Information about this may be contained in the File-Format links below. In case of further problems read the IDEAS help page. Note that these files are not on the IDEAS site. Please be patient as the files may be large.
) (College of Business and Economics, University of Hawaii, Hilo) Abstract This note considers the effects of altruism on cooperation in the context of a repeated Prisoner’s Dilemma. Altruism has two conflicting impacts on cooperation: One is to reduce the temptation for defection the other is to make the future punishment ineffective. The total effect of altruism hinges on the shape of players” cost functions. Download InfoTo download: If you experience problems downloading a file, check if you have the proper application to view it first. Information about this may be contained in the File-Format links below. In case of further problems read the IDEAS help page. Note that these files are not on the IDEAS site. Please be patient as the files may be large.
