Delegation and strategic altruism: A theoretical approach

IF 0.7 4区经济学 Q4 ECONOMICS

Mathematical Social Sciences Pub Date : 2025-09-25 DOI:10.1016/j.mathsocsci.2025.102465

Luciano Méndez-Naya

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Abstract

In this paper we introduce two refinements of Nash equilibria for extensive form games: the quasi-stable equilibrium and the stable equilibrium. We then introduce the general strategic game with delegates and study new solutions in that context. We apply the new solution concepts to symmetric

n

-player games in which each player has two strategies. The main conclusion is that, in the prisoner’s dilemma, if the punishment payoff is sufficient, both players obtain the cooperative payoff when they choose strategically altruistic delegates.

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授权与战略利他主义：一种理论途径

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Mathematical Social Sciences 数学-数学跨学科应用

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1.30

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59 days

期刊介绍： The international, interdisciplinary journal Mathematical Social Sciences publishes original research articles, survey papers, short notes and book reviews. The journal emphasizes the unity of mathematical modelling in economics, psychology, political sciences, sociology and other social sciences. Topics of particular interest include the fundamental aspects of choice, information, and preferences (decision science) and of interaction (game theory and economic theory), the measurement of utility, welfare and inequality, the formal theories of justice and implementation, voting rules, cooperative games, fair division, cost allocation, bargaining, matching, social networks, and evolutionary and other dynamics models. Papers published by the journal are mathematically rigorous but no bounds, from above or from below, limits their technical level. All mathematical techniques may be used. The articles should be self-contained and readable by social scientists trained in mathematics.