dc.contributor.advisor | Shepsle, Kenneth A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Larson, Jennifer Mary | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-07-19T18:58:35Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2012-07-19 | |
dc.date.submitted | 2012 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Larson, Jennifer Mary. 2012. The Good, the Bad and the Cunning: How Networks Make or Break Cooperation. Doctoral dissertation, Harvard University. | en_US |
dc.identifier.other | http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:10171 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:9276723 | |
dc.description.abstract | Groups often find themselves in a position to self-govern: sometimes a formal governing apparatus is weak or nonexistent; sometimes the legal system is underdeveloped, heavily back-logged or inapplicable; and sometimes groups simply have a preference for informal processes. In such cases, contrary to the Hobbesian vision of a self-help nightmare, groups often fare remarkably well both cooperating internally and coexisting with other groups. Diffuse punishment institutions induce cooperation well in tight-knit groups: the theory is well-understood and empirical examples abound. In many realistic settings, though, groups are imperfectly tight-knit, especially when populations are large or sparse or when communications technology is poor (even Facebook networks with very low-cost links are incomplete). Here I relate cooperation to a group's exact structure of communication to identify the role that networks play in making or breaking cooperation. By generalizing the game-theoretic model in Fearon and Laitin (1996), I present a model flexible enough to account for the various ways that a group may be imperfectly tight-knit. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | Government | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dash.license | LAA | |
dc.subject | political science | en_US |
dc.subject | cooperation | en_US |
dc.subject | game theory | en_US |
dc.subject | governance | en_US |
dc.subject | networks | en_US |
dc.subject | social structures | en_US |
dc.title | The Good, the Bad and the Cunning: How Networks Make or Break Cooperation | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis or Dissertation | en_US |
dash.depositing.author | Larson, Jennifer Mary | |
dc.date.available | 2012-07-19T18:58:35Z | |
thesis.degree.date | 2012 | en_US |
thesis.degree.discipline | Government | en_US |
thesis.degree.grantor | Harvard University | en_US |
thesis.degree.level | doctoral | en_US |
thesis.degree.name | Ph.D. | en_US |
dash.contributor.affiliated | Larson, Jennifer Mary | |