The propensity for disobedience: Rule-breaking, compliance and social phase transitions (opens in new tab)

arXiv:2603.10221v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: We develop a mathematical model to describe the persistence of rule-breaking behaviors in societies, such as traffic violations, disregard for legal restrictions and other forms of noncompliance. Using a replicator-type dynamics with utility functions incorporating individual benefits, institutional punishment and social sanctions, we first built a general formulation of the system. Within this framework, we analyze two distinct models differ...