Long-run selection and the work ethic

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Long-run selection and the work ethic

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Josephson, Jens
Wärneryd, Karl

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Karl Wärneryd

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That individuals contribute in social dilemma interactions even when contributing is costly is a well-established observation in the experimental literature. Since a contributor is always strictly worse off than a non-contributor the question is raised if an intrinsic motivation to contribute can survive in an evolutionary setting. Applying stochastic evolutionary dynamics we give conditions for equilibria with a positive number of contributors to be selected in the long run.

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Article provided by Elsevier in its journal Games and Economic Behavior.

Volume (Year): 63 (2008)
Issue (Month): 1 (May)
Pages: 354-365
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- Jens Josephson & Karl Wärneryd, 2004. "Long-Run Selection and the Work Ethic," Economics Working Papers 774, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra. [Downloadable!]
- Jens Josephson & Karl Wärneryd, 2004. "Long-Run Selection and the Work Ethic," CESifo Working Paper Series CESifo Working Paper No. , CESifo Group Munich. [Downloadable!]

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