Exploitation, Mutual Advantage and The Myth of the Samaritan's Dilemma

The objective of this paper is to illustrate a potential problem in Samaritan's dilemmas: that Samaritans have a vested interest in encouraging parasitism. In effect, they gain from their altruism. To demonstrate this result, we show that the Nash equilibrium in a Samaritan's dilemma is a Pareto superior outcome.

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Year of publication:	2014-12
Authors:	Marciano, Alain
Institutions:	International Centre for Economic Research (ICER)
Subject:	Altruism \| Samaritan's dilemma \| Exploitation \| Cooperation

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	ICER Working Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	10 pages
Classification:	h84 ; I3 - Welfare and Poverty
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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