Reward from punishment does not emerge at all costs.

The conundrum of cooperation has received increasing attention during the last decade. In this quest, the role of altruistic punishment has been identified as a mechanism promoting cooperation. Here we investigate the role of altruistic punishment on the emergence and maintenance of cooperation in s...

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Main Authors: Jeromos Vukov, Flávio L Pinheiro, Francisco C Santos, Jorge M Pacheco
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3547799?pdf=render