Contingent cooperator
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Contingent cooperator
In game-theory, a contingent cooperator is a person or agent who is willing to act in the collective interest, rather than his short-term selfish interest, if he observes a majority of the other agents in the collective doing the same. The apparent contradiction in this stance is resolved by game-theory, which shows that in the right circumstances, cooperation with a sufficient number of other participants will have a better outcome for cooperators than pursuing short-term selfish interests.
See also
* Cooperation
* Iterated prisoner's dilemma
* [[tit-for-tat]]
External links
* Ronald A. Heiner. [Robust Evolution of Contingent Cooperation in Pure One-Shot Prisoners' Dilemmas.](http://www.uni-saarland.de/fak1/fr12/csle/publications/2002-09-10.htm) Discussion Papers Nos. 2002-09 and 2002–09, Center for the Study of Law and Economics discussion paper series, 2002.
* Christopher Wilson. ["I Will if You Will: Facilitating Contingent Cooperation"](http://www.christopherwilson.ca/papers/Facilitating_Contingent_Cooperation.pdf), Optimum Online, Vol. 37, Issue 1, Apr 2007