Noncompliance with safety guidelines as a free-riding strategy : an evolutionary game-theoretic approach to cooperation during the COVID-19 pandemic

• Main Authors: Yong, Jose C., Choy, Bryan K. C.
• Other Authors: Nanyang Business School
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Social sciences::Psychology; Evolutionary Game Theory; Decision-Making
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/152044
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Evolutionary game theory and public goods games offer an important framework to understand cooperation during pandemics. From this perspective, the COVID-19 situation can be conceptualized as a dilemma where people who neglect safety precautions act as free riders, because they get to enjoy the bene...