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"WE-RATIONALITY". A Non-Individualistic Theory of Cooperation

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The possibility of the emergence of cooperation in the one-shot Prisoner Dilemma has gained growing attention in contemporary literature, in particular in the experimental domain. The aim of this paper is to offer a contribution for a theory that could explain cooperative behaviour even in the presence of individual incentives to free-ride. Focusing on the theory of we-rationality the paper proposes an overview of the different versions of that theory and a formalization of cooperation based on this form of rationality.

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  • Alessandra Smerilli, 2007. ""WE-RATIONALITY". A Non-Individualistic Theory of Cooperation," Economia politica, Società editrice il Mulino, issue 3, pages 407-426.
    • Handle: RePEc:mul:jb33yl:doi:10.1428/25819:y:2007:i:3:p:407-426
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