Smaller saami herding groups cooperate more in a public goods experiment

• Published in: Human Ecology
• Main Authors: Thomas, Matthew Gwynfryn, Næss, Marius Warg, Bårdsen, Bård-Jørgen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Norway; Levin; saami
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2411185; https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-016-9848-3

Group living often entails a balance between individual selfinterest and benefits to the group as a whole. Situations in which an individual’s vested interests conflict with collective interests are known as social dilemmas (Kollock 1998). More formally, a theoretical game becomes a social dilemma w...