Intragroup punishment and intergroup conflict aversion weaken intragroup cooperation in finitely repeated games

• Main Authors: Tan, Jonathan H. W., Bolle, Friedel
• Other Authors: School of Social Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Social sciences::Economic theory; Cooperation; Conflict
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/170095
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

We experimentally analyze group-specific social preferences and dynamic strategies in finitely repeated games where helping partners hurts rivals. Cooperation with partners decreases when it inflicts losses on rivals, even when it is socially efficient. Cooperation decreases with rivalry, while it i...