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.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2021
• Subjects: evolutionary game theory; decision-making; COVID-19; free riding; evolutionary psychology; cooperation; public goods; public goods dilemma; pandemics; Applied Behavior Analysis; Social Psychology
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3315; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/4572/viewcontent/fpsyg_12_646892.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management 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...