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The Problem of Cooperation and Reputation Based Choice

Bergh, Andreas; Engseld, Peter - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Ekonomihögskolan - 2005

The standard method when analyzing the problem of cooperation using evolutionary game theory is to assume that people are randomly matched against each other in repeated games. In this paper we discuss the implications of allowing agents to have preferences over possible opponents. We model...

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Choosing Opponents in Games of Cooperation and Coordination

Engseld, Peter; Bergh, Andreas - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Ekonomihögskolan - 2005

We analyze a cooperation game and a coordination game in an evolutionary environment. Agents make noisy observations of opponent's propensity to play dove, called reputation, and form preferences over opponents based on their reputation. A game takes place when two agents agree to play. Socially...

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Choosing Opponents in Prisoners' Dilemma: An Evolutionary Analysis

Engseld, Peter; Bergh, Andreas - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Ekonomihögskolan - 2005

We analyze a cooperation game in an evolutionary environment. Agents make noisy observations of opponents’ propensity to cooperate, called reputation, and form preferences over opponents based on their reputation. A game takes place when two agents agree to play. Pareto optimal cooperation is...

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Voluntary Pollution Abatement and Regulation

Delgado, Michael S.; Khanna, Neha - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2011

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International Remittances – A proposal how to test hypotheses about determinants of remittances with macroeconomic time series

Karpestam, Peter; Andersson, Fredrik N G - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Ekonomihögskolan - 2011

consumption) in recipient countries. Two popular hypotheses about the causes of remittances are the altruism and insurance … hypothesis. Both hypotheses suggest that remittances are sent to compensate for short-run economic declines, but the altruism … countries proceeds and the need for outside assistance decreases. Hence, the altruism hypothesis predicts a negative correlation …

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Socially-Responsible Certification Schemes for Smallholder Coffee Farmers: Economics of Giving and Consumer Utility

Verteramo Chiu, Leslie J.; Gómez, Miguel I.; Kaiser, … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2014

We study consumer preferences for socially-responsible certified coffee based on alternative ways to distribute the price premium of the product. We use Becker, DeGroot, and Marschak (BDM) auctions in an experimental setting to elicit consumer willingness to pay for two socially-responsible...

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