Cooperation, defection and resistance in Nazi Germany

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• 作者：Wayne Geerling^a ; ^{wag11@psu.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Gary B. Magee^b ; ^c ; ^{gary.magee@monash.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Robert Brooks^d ; ^{robert.brooks@monash.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author}
• 关键词：Nazi Germany ; German resistance ; Prisoner's dilemma ; Cooperation ; Social preferences
• 刊名：Explorations in Economic History
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：October 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：58
• 期：Complete
• 页码：125-139
• 全文大小：260 K

文摘

This article uses the court records of a sample of individuals, aged between 15 and 62, tried for high treason in Nazi Germany to analyze a rare, real-world prisoner's-dilemma-like scenario that resisters faced once taken into custody: keep quiet and protect their collaborators or turn informant in the hope of obtaining leniency? We find that, although self-interest and defection to the authorities was the norm for most, significant rates of cooperation remained. We also find evidence that the size of the stake, age, education, beliefs, affiliations, and sense of community could play roles in facilitating cooperative behavior.