Milinski et al. 2008

Milinski, M., R. Sommerfeld, H.-J. Krambeck, F. A. Reed and J. Marotzke. (2008) The collective risk social dilemma, and the prevention of simulated dangerous climate change. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 105: 2291-2294. [1]

This was a fun project to be involved in even if the results were somewhat depressing. I saw Dr. Milinski give a presentation on modeling climate change with social games at the MPI for Evolutionary Biology "Aquavit" meeting in 2007. We happened to sit at the same table for lunch afterward at a nearby Chinese restaurant and I literally drew the idea I had for modifying the dilemma to a collective risk on the back of a napkin. His group carried out the experiment over the following months and then he contacted me again to participate in analyzing and writing up the results.