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SUBMITTER: Sasaki T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4971172 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sasaki Tatsuya T Okada Isamu I Nakai Yutaka Y
Biology letters 20160701 7
Indirect reciprocity is one of the major mechanisms of the evolution of cooperation. Because constant monitoring and accurate evaluation in moral assessments tend to be costly, indirect reciprocity can be exploited by cost evaders. A recent study crucially showed that a cooperative state achieved by indirect reciprocators is easily destabilized by cost evaders in the case with no supportive mechanism. Here, we present a simple and widely applicable solution that considers pre-assessment of cost ...[more]