The enforcement of cooperation by policing.

Policing is regarded as an important mechanism for maintaining cooperation in human and animal social groups. A simple model providing a theoretical overview of the coevolution of policing and cooperation has been analyzed by Frank (1995, 1996b, 2003, 2009), and this suggests that policing will evol...

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Main Authors: El Mouden, C, West, SA, Gardner, A
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2010