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SUBMITTER: Antonioni A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4214703 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Antonioni Alberto A Cacault Maria Paula MP Lalive Rafael R Tomassini Marco M
PloS one 20141030 10
People need to rely on cooperation with other individuals in many aspects of everyday life, such as teamwork and economic exchange in anonymous markets. We study whether and how the ability to make or break links in social networks fosters cooperate, paying particular attention to whether information on an individual's actions is freely available to potential partners. Studying the role of information is relevant as information on other people's actions is often not available for free: a recruit ...[more]