Freeloaders beware: Incentives to foster cooperation are just around the corner

(Springer) In our society, there are always a certain percentage of people who adopt a freeloader attitude. They let other members of society do all the work and do not do their part. In a new study published in EPJ B, Chunpeng Du from Yunnan University of Finance and Economics, Kunming, China, and colleagues show that it is possible to incentivize members of society to cooperate by providing them fixed bonuses and, thus, prevent freeloader behavior from becoming prevalent.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news