| Title: | Sustainable institutionalized punishment requires elimination of second-order free-riders |
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| Authors: | ID Perc, Matjaž (Author) |
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| Files: |  Scientific_Reports_2012_Perc_Sustainable_institutionalized_punishment_requires_elimination_of_second-order_free-riders.pdf (469,23 KB)
MD5: F0ADA14C330AC16823CBCB81C243D969
 http://www.nature.com/articles/srep00344
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| Language: | English |
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| Work type: | Article |
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| Typology: | 1.01 - Original Scientific Article |
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| Organization: | FNM - Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
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| Abstract: | Although empirical and theoretical studies affirm that punishment can elevate collaborative efforts, its emergence and stability remain elusive. By peer-punishment the sanctioning is something an individual elects to do depending on the strategies in its neighborhood. The consequences of unsustainable efforts are therefore local. By pool-punishment, on the other hand, where resources for sanctioning are committed in advance and at large, the notion of sustainability has greater significance. In a population with free-riders, punishers must be strong in numbers to keep the "punishment pool" from emptying. Failure to do so renders the concept of institutionalized sanctioning futile. We show that pool-punishment in structured populations is sustainable, but only if second-order free-riders are sanctioned as well, and to a such degree that they cannot prevail. A discontinuous phase transition leads to an outbreak of sustainability when punishers subvert second-order free-riders in the competition against defectors. |
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| Keywords: | cooperation, public goods, punishment, institutions, phase transitions, physics of social systems |
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| Publication status: | Published |
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| Publication version: | Version of Record |
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| Year of publishing: | 2012 |
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| Number of pages: | str. 1-6 |
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| Numbering: | Letn. 2 |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/DKUM-66413  |
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| ISSN: | 2045-2322 |
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| UDC: | 530.16 |
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| ISSN on article: | 2045-2322 |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 19071752 |
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| DOI: | 10.1038/srep00344 |
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| NUK URN: | URN:SI:UM:DK:4UJQQLZH |
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| Publication date in DKUM: | 23.06.2017 |
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| Categories: | Misc.
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