Download This PaperA Reconsideration of Inter-Group Cooperation with Defect Problem, with an Application to the Climate Change Issue
52 Pages Posted: 16 May 2020
Date Written: January 13, 2020
Abstract
Research has shown that seeking to benefit the own group can under certain conditions achieve the opposite result when the beneficiary inter-group cooperation opportunity is undermined with a prisoners’ dilemma type tribal interest conflict. In this paper, I reconsider this problem using knowledge gained from various disciplines ranging from psychology to social economics, to gain more insight. As an exercise, I apply the result to analyze the dealing with the climate change, while other applications are possible.
Keywords: Prisoner’s Dilemma, Public Goods Game, Common Pasture, CPR Problems, Tribal Con- Flict, Inter-Group Cooperation, Polycentric Governance, Utilitarianism, Impartial Utilitarianism, Tribal Utilitarianism, Climate Change
JEL Classification: A10, B40, C71, F34, H63, I31, Q50
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