Cooperation and cultural transmission in a coordination game

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Journal: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
Year: 2009
Volume: 72
Issue: 1
Pages: 188-201

Authors (2)

Calabuig, Vicente (not in RePEc) Olcina, Gonzalo (Universidad de València)

Score contribution per author:

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Abstract

The aim of this paper is to analyze if cooperation can be the product of cultural evolution in a two-stage coordination game, consisting of a production stage followed by a negotiation phase. We present an overlapping generations model with cultural transmission of preferences where the distribution of preferences in the population and the strategies are determined endogenously and simultaneously. There are several groups in the society; some of them play cooperatively and others do not. Socialization takes place inside the group, but there is a positive rate of migration among groups which parents anticipate. Our main result shows that all groups converge to the cooperative equilibrium.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:jeborg:v:72:y:2009:i:1:p:188-201
Journal Field
Theory
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-25