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An evolutionary inspection game with labour unions on small-world networks

We study an evolutionary inspection game where agents can chose between working and shirking. The evolutionary process is staged on a small-world network, through which agents compare their incomes and, based on the outcome, decide which strategy to adopt. Moreover, we introduce union members that h...

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Autores principales: Kamal, Salahuddin M., Al-Hadeethi, Yas, Abolaban, Fouad A., Al-Marzouki, Fahd M., Perc, Matjaž
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4351522/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25744058
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep08881
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description We study an evolutionary inspection game where agents can chose between working and shirking. The evolutionary process is staged on a small-world network, through which agents compare their incomes and, based on the outcome, decide which strategy to adopt. Moreover, we introduce union members that have certain privileges, of which the extent depends on the bargaining power of the union. We determine how the union affects the overall performance of the firm that employs the agents, and what are its influences on the employees. We find that, depending on its bargaining power, the union has significant leverage to deteriorate the productivity of a firm, and consequently also to lower the long-run benefits of the employees.
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spelling pubmed-43515222015-03-10 An evolutionary inspection game with labour unions on small-world networks Kamal, Salahuddin M. Al-Hadeethi, Yas Abolaban, Fouad A. Al-Marzouki, Fahd M. Perc, Matjaž Sci Rep Article We study an evolutionary inspection game where agents can chose between working and shirking. The evolutionary process is staged on a small-world network, through which agents compare their incomes and, based on the outcome, decide which strategy to adopt. Moreover, we introduce union members that have certain privileges, of which the extent depends on the bargaining power of the union. We determine how the union affects the overall performance of the firm that employs the agents, and what are its influences on the employees. We find that, depending on its bargaining power, the union has significant leverage to deteriorate the productivity of a firm, and consequently also to lower the long-run benefits of the employees. Nature Publishing Group 2015-03-06 /pmc/articles/PMC4351522/ /pubmed/25744058 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep08881 Text en Copyright © 2015, Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder in order to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4351522/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25744058
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep08881
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