Evolution of Networks of Cooperation

Siddhi Pandey

The BE Journal of Theoretical Economics2026https://doi.org/10.1515/bejte-2025-0099article
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This paper proposes a model of evolution of networks of cooperation where networks form and evolve through repeated pair-wise interactions between players in a finite population. While the baseline incentive structure of these interactions is that of a coordination game, these incentives are transformed by additional network effects based on the assumption that the benefit to any player from a mutually cooperative relationship is enhanced, over its base value, by a factor of their trustworthiness as perceived by the interacting partner, through network-based channels. In the presence of a set of altruists, the evolution of networks of cooperation is analyzed through repeated interactions between myopically best-responding players who have varied costs of cooperation.

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@article{siddhi2026,
  title        = {{Evolution of Networks of Cooperation}},
  author       = {Siddhi Pandey},
  journal      = {The BE Journal of Theoretical Economics},
  year         = {2026},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1515/bejte-2025-0099},
}

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