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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"Social Dilemma"”.
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Reputation and cooperation in social dilemma games
… group-beneficial or free-rider behaviour in social dilemma interactions. How reputation system emerges, however, remains a puzzle. The dissertation tests two dimensions of a reputation system that affect the establishment of a credible reputation system: (i) if direct benefit can be earned …
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Attracting Applicants with Corporate Social Responsibility: A Social Dilemma Perspective
<p>There has been a surging interest in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in society, and business leaders perceive that CSR is essential in business operations. However, CSR can lead to unsatisfactory outcomes when not appropriately understood or practiced. Therefore, I conducted two studies …
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ANALYTICAL SOLUTION, AGENT BEHAVIORAL TRANSITIONS AND CLASSIFICATION STRUCTURES IN N-PERSON SOCIAL DILEMMA GAMES
… and classification structures in N-person social dilemma games. The specific model in this research uses Pavlovian agents making decisions in a cellular automaton environment with linear payoff functions. This effort culminated in four papers being submitted to journals that publish in this …
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Elicitation Mode Effects on Group Decision-Making in a Step-Level Public Good Social Dilemma
… examined in a sequential step-level public good social dilemma with a variable provision point. It was found that groups in both elicitation mode conditions followed a similar simple-majority process in making the group decisions. Computer simulations further suggested that group decisions made …
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Solving a social dilemma using behaviourally framed text messaging to increase school fees contribution in public schools in South Africa
This paper presents the results from a randomised controlled trial conducted in two Section 21 schools in Cape Town, South Africa, to test whether text messages can improve the fee-payment behaviour of parents. Parents who were randomly assigned to one of two treatment groups received a monthly …
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Allocating effort within a social dilemma: The effects of goal-setting, ability differences, and reward risks on contributions to the group.
… task. The experimental task was set up as a social dilemma in which participants were asked to work on both a group and an individual production task. Contribution to group work could lead to higher rewards for all, but it could also result in lower rewards if others failed to contribute. …
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Individualism: A Conception of Person
… regard to attributions and decision-making in a social dilemma. Specifically, high ICP people, compared to low ICP, had a weaker tendency to make trait attributions for both self and others, but a stronger tendency to attribute causes of events to the self. Further, in a social dilemma game, high …
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Using the Concepts of Framing and Loss Aversion to Answer Pertinent Questions on Cooperative Behaviors in Social Dilemmas
… better the behaviors of cooperators in social dilemmas. The first hypothesis was constructed in response to Schwartz-Shea and Simmon's (1995) criticism on the applicability of the framing concept to explain level of cooperation in public goods and resource dilemmas. It tested the …
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The group-based binding pledge as a solution to public goods problems
A social dilemma is a situation in which members of a group are faced with a conflict between two choices: maximizing personal interests (defection) or maximizing collective interests (cooperation). It is generally more profitable to defect, but if all do so, all are worse off than if all choose to …
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The efficiency properties of institutional evolution: with particular reference to the social-philosophical works of F. A. Hayek
… placdng man in what has been referred to as a “social dilemma." At base, this outcome is a result of simple utility maximization on the part of individuals. Policy prescriptions and attitudes towards policy are likely to change once this is noted and understood.
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Evolution of Trust in Anonymous Interactions
… Autonomous entities often face the economic and social dilemma of whether to act in trustworthy manner. Reputation mechanisms and institutional norms are currently used to make an individual agent responsible for its actions. It is challenging to achieve trust in an anonymous setting. We consider …
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The Longest Journey Begins With a Single Step: A Real Options Approach to Social Dilemmas
Collective action faces a public goods social dilemma where there exists an inherent tension between individual and collective interests. Considering the economic and social significance of public goods dilemmas, an important research question is why public goods dilemmas often result in collective …
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The Underlying Psychophysiology of Pedophilic Disorder and the Implications for Treatment Approaches
<p>Sexual crimes are a persistent and significant social dilemma that continues to plague our society (Lee, Jackson, Pattison, & Ward,2002). Past research has made considerable advancements in terms of the types of interventions that clinicians can utilize when they work with individuals who have a …
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Δημοσιογραφία και Ντοκιμαντέρ: Το Ντοκιμαντέρ στην Εποχή της Streaming Πλατφόρμας
… τριών επιλεγμένων ντοκιμαντέρ του Netflix (The Social Dilemma, American Factory και The Tinder Swindler), με στόχο την εξέταση των αφηγηματικών τους στρατηγικών, των τροπικοτήτων τους και της δημοσιογραφικής τους διάστασης. Συμπληρωματικά, διεξάγεται ποσοτική έρευνα μέσω ερωτηματολογίου σε …
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The effects of uncertainty and penalty on cooperative behavior in a resource dilemma
"A resource dilemma, a special case of a social dilemma, simulates a situation in which a group of individuals can ""harvest"" resources from a common resource pool. But if they overharvest from the common pool, the pool can become ""extinct."" Thus, each member's decision must consider the level …
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Interactive media and social exchange of market information
… no one will benefit from the community. Social scientists define this situation as a communication dilemma. Based on the literatures of social exchange, social dilemma, collective action, and innovation diffusion, this study explores the possibilities of reducing individuals’ exploitative …
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Pride and Status: Unpacking Two Divergent Pathways to Cooperation
Cooperation is essential for addressing social dilemma problems, especially in modern society with rapidly growing human populations and changing ecology. The scientific community and policymakers have recognized the potential of emotions to facilitate effective communication of sustainability and …
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Achieving Robustness and Generalization in MARL for Sequential Social Dilemmas through Bilinear Value Networks
… unforeseen gameplay strategies in sequential social dilemma (SSD) games. Recent literature has demonstrated that reward shaping can not only be used to enable MARL agents to discover diverse, human-interpretable strategies with emergent qualities, but also help alleviate the issue in …
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Embracing the future of land transportation : valuing flexibility in design and technology options for autonomous vehicle developments in Singapore
… (4) Pricing, (5) Ethical considerations and social dilemma, (6) Data management and privacy, (7) Social acceptance, (8) Liabilities and insurance, and (9) Infrastructure. The thesis concludes with actionable recommendations to guide the policymaker to remain capability-defined but …
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Towards the Governance of Open Distributed Grids - A Case Study in Wireless Mobile Grids
… commit resources to a common pool. The social dilemma in such systems is that it is advantageous for rational users to access the common pool resources without making any commitment of their own. This is commonly known as “free-riding”. However, if a substantial number of users followed …
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