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Evolution of cooperation, punishment and retaliation (1.0.0)

Altruistic punishment is suggested to explain observed high levels of cooperation among non-kin related humans. However, laboratory experiments as well as ethnographic evidence suggest that people might retaliate if being punished, and that this reduces the level of cooperation. Building on existing models on the evolution of cooperation and altruistic punishment, we explore the consequences of the option of retaliation. We find that cooperation and altruistic punishment does not evolve with larger population levels if the option of retaliation is included.

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Janssen, M.A. and C. Bushman (2008), Evolution of cooperation and altruistic punishment when retaliation is possible, Journal of Theoretical Biology 254:541-545

Evolution of cooperation, punishment and retaliation 1.0.0

Submitted by Marco Janssen Published Sep 06, 2013 Last modified Feb 23, 2018
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Altruistic punishment is suggested to explain observed high levels of cooperation among non-kin related humans. However, laboratory experiments as well as ethnographic evidence suggest that people might retaliate if being punished, and that this reduces the level of cooperation. Building on existing models on the evolution of cooperation and altruistic punishment, we explore the consequences of the option of retaliation. We find that cooperation and altruistic punishment does not evolve with larger population levels if the option of retaliation is included.

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Marco Janssen (2013, September 06). “Evolution of cooperation, punishment and retaliation” (Version 1.0.0). CoMSES Computational Model Library. Retrieved from: https://www.comses.net/codebases/3934/releases/1.0.0/

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Janssen, M.A. and C. Bushman (2008), Evolution of cooperation and altruistic punishment when retaliation is possible, Journal of Theoretical Biology 254:541-545

Associated Publication(s)

Janssen, M.A. and C. Bushman (2008), Evolution of cooperation and altruistic punishment when retaliation is possible, Journal of Theoretical Biology 254:541-545

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Marco Janssen
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1.0.0
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Publish Date
Friday, September 06, 2013
Last Updated
Tuesday, February 20, 2018
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1.0.0 Marco Janssen Fri Sep 6 03:33:40 2013 Tue Feb 20 08:15:04 2018 Published

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