Published in Journal of The Royal Society Interface · View the paper (DOI)
Researchers developed game-theoretical model to examine different incentive schemes, finding rewarding cooperative agents first leads to higher cooperation levels. The optimal strategy shifts to punishing wrongdoers after a sufficiently large proportion of agents cooperate, promoting highest level of cooperation at lowest cost.
Coverage from 2 institutions
- Growing cooperation: First the carrot, then the stick International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis · Dec 2, 2014 · first to report
- Carrot or stick? University of Vienna · Dec 3, 2014