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Nudging cooperation among agents in an experimental social network
We investigate the development of cooperative behavior in networks over time. In our controlled laboratory experiment, subjects can cooperate by sending costly messages that contain valuable information for the receiver or other subjects in the network. Any message sent can increase the chance that...
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2023
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10497665/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37711679 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s41109-023-00588-x |
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author | Jensen, Gorm Gruner Busch, Martin Benedikt Piovesan, Marco Haerter, Jan O. |
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description | We investigate the development of cooperative behavior in networks over time. In our controlled laboratory experiment, subjects can cooperate by sending costly messages that contain valuable information for the receiver or other subjects in the network. Any message sent can increase the chance that subjects find the information they are looking for and consequently their profit. We find that cooperation emerges spontaneously and remains stable over time. In an additional treatment, we provide a non-binding suggestion about who to contact at the beginning of the experiment. We find that subjects partially follow our recommendation, and this increases their own and others’ profit. Despite the removal of suggestions, subjects build long-lasting relationships with the suggested contacts. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s41109-023-00588-x. |
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spelling | pubmed-104976652023-09-14 Nudging cooperation among agents in an experimental social network Jensen, Gorm Gruner Busch, Martin Benedikt Piovesan, Marco Haerter, Jan O. Appl Netw Sci Research We investigate the development of cooperative behavior in networks over time. In our controlled laboratory experiment, subjects can cooperate by sending costly messages that contain valuable information for the receiver or other subjects in the network. Any message sent can increase the chance that subjects find the information they are looking for and consequently their profit. We find that cooperation emerges spontaneously and remains stable over time. In an additional treatment, we provide a non-binding suggestion about who to contact at the beginning of the experiment. We find that subjects partially follow our recommendation, and this increases their own and others’ profit. Despite the removal of suggestions, subjects build long-lasting relationships with the suggested contacts. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s41109-023-00588-x. Springer International Publishing 2023-09-12 2023 /pmc/articles/PMC10497665/ /pubmed/37711679 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s41109-023-00588-x Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Research Jensen, Gorm Gruner Busch, Martin Benedikt Piovesan, Marco Haerter, Jan O. Nudging cooperation among agents in an experimental social network |
title | Nudging cooperation among agents in an experimental social network |
title_full | Nudging cooperation among agents in an experimental social network |
title_fullStr | Nudging cooperation among agents in an experimental social network |
title_full_unstemmed | Nudging cooperation among agents in an experimental social network |
title_short | Nudging cooperation among agents in an experimental social network |
title_sort | nudging cooperation among agents in an experimental social network |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10497665/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37711679 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s41109-023-00588-x |
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