specialized enforcement technology is sufficiently effective, cooperation is best sustained by a "single enforcer punishment …We introduce the possibility of direct punishment by specialized enforcers into a model of community enforcement … following deviations by regular agent is that such actions, by reducing future cooperation, would decrease the amount of …

Until recently, theorists considering the evolution of human cooperation have paid little attention to institutional … maximize compliance? We investigate this question by modeling the co-evolution of law and cooperation in a public goods game … punishment, a defining feature of large-scale human societies. Compared to individually-administered punishment, institutional …

. This raises the important issue of just how such voluntary cooperation might be obtained. In this paper, we explore the …

observe surprisingly high levels of cooperation and altruism within groups in conflict situations such as civil wars. We …

the evolution of cooperative behaviour in humans and other species. Many effective mechanisms and promotive scenarios have … cooperation research is presented, followed by two new objections to such an exclusive focus on PD-based models of social … cooperation themselves came to cooperate: Behavioural and/or psychological mechanisms which evolved for other, possibly more …

cooperation or defection. If both players approve the other's choice, the outcome is the one they chose, whereas if either one … inspired by the Cold War doctrine of mutually assured destruction). Experimentally, we find that the cooperation rate with the … cooperation in SPEWDS, but not in NE or SPNE. …

groups but where entrepreneurs have a desire for cooperation and peace. We assert that it is members of the elites who start …

the evolution of cooperative behaviour in humans and other species. Many effective mechanisms and promotive scenarios have … cooperation research is presented, followed by two new objections to such an exclusive focus on PD-based models of social … cooperation themselves came to cooperate: Behavioural and/or psychological mechanisms which evolved for other, possibly more …

. This raises the important issue of just how such voluntary cooperation might be obtained. In this paper, we explore the …