Tuesday, April 13, 2010
The Parochial and the Cosmopolitan - Globalization helps cooperation
Posted by Simon Halliday | Tuesday, April 13, 2010 | Category:
Behavioral Economics,
Economic Psychology,
experimental economics,
Politics
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Continuing my trend of reporting on papers about cooperation, I thought I'd comment on a recent paper by Nancy Buchan and co-authors about human cooperation and globalization. I've argued previously about the role of parochialism in punishment and in theories about the evolution of war and cooperation, today, though, the theme is the extent to which more cosmopolitan countries tend to foster individuals who are more willing to cooperate globally. Sounds intuitive,...
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