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Corrupted by Reasoning: Reasoning Language Models Become Free-Riders in Public Goods Games

As of 22 August 2026, this Paper Citation Record lists 27 of 27 outbound references and 6 inbound Pith citation observations for arXiv:2506.23276.

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Corrupted by Reasoning: Reasoning Language Models Become Free-Riders in Public Goods Games Unresolved cited work

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Corrupted by Reasoning: Reasoning Language Models Become Free-Riders in Public Goods Games reasoning

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This paper cites Whether it be control of their own destiny or control of others’ behavior.

Corrupted by Reasoning: Reasoning Language Models Become Free-Riders in Public Goods Games Whether it be control of their own destiny or control of others’ behavior

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This paper cites In this case, the agent chooses the option that is believed to offer more certainty or less volatility—even if, in theory, another option might offer higher potential payoffs.

Corrupted by Reasoning: Reasoning Language Models Become Free-Riders in Public Goods Games In this case, the agent chooses the option that is believed to offer more certainty or less volatility—even if, in theory, another option might offer higher potential payoffs

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Corrupted by Reasoning: Reasoning Language Models Become Free-Riders in Public Goods Games feels right

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This paper cites An agent may stick with it simply because it is familiar or because change feels like too much disruption, even if the potential for higher payoffs exists elsewhere.

Corrupted by Reasoning: Reasoning Language Models Become Free-Riders in Public Goods Games An agent may stick with it simply because it is familiar or because change feels like too much disruption, even if the potential for higher payoffs exists elsewhere

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Corrupted by Reasoning: Reasoning Language Models Become Free-Riders in Public Goods Games experiment

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This paper cites Even aside from reputation concerns, an agent may choose an action simply or partly to conform with a perceived norm or collective practice.

Corrupted by Reasoning: Reasoning Language Models Become Free-Riders in Public Goods Games Even aside from reputation concerns, an agent may choose an action simply or partly to conform with a perceived norm or collective practice

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Corrupted by Reasoning: Reasoning Language Models Become Free-Riders in Public Goods Games rebellious

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This paper cites References to equilibrium concepts or rational self-interest.

Corrupted by Reasoning: Reasoning Language Models Become Free-Riders in Public Goods Games References to equilibrium concepts or rational self-interest

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Corrupted by Reasoning: Reasoning Language Models Become Free-Riders in Public Goods Games ""{reasoning_text}

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Corrupted by Reasoning: Reasoning Language Models Become Free-Riders in Public Goods Games Multiple strategies could be assigned to a single reasoning text if appropriate

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Corrupted by Reasoning: Reasoning Language Models Become Free-Riders in Public Goods Games We implemented error handling and retry mechanisms to maintain classification quality

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Corrupted by Reasoning: Reasoning Language Models Become Free-Riders in Public Goods Games See Section 4.3 for archetype definitions

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Corrupted by Reasoning: Reasoning Language Models Become Free-Riders in Public Goods Games There are no formal mechanisms within the group to impose sanctions (punishments) or grant rewards for members’ project investments

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Evaluating Collective Behaviour of Hundreds of LLM Agents cites this paper.

Evaluating Collective Behaviour of Hundreds of LLM Agents Corrupted by Reasoning: Reasoning Language Models Become Free-Riders in Public Goods Games

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Cooperative Profiles Predict Multi-Agent LLM Team Performance in AI for Science Workflows cites this paper.

Cooperative Profiles Predict Multi-Agent LLM Team Performance in AI for Science Workflows Corrupted by Reasoning: Reasoning Language Models Become Free-Riders in Public Goods Games

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The Memory Curse: How Expanded Recall Erodes Cooperative Intent in LLM Agents cites this paper.

The Memory Curse: How Expanded Recall Erodes Cooperative Intent in LLM Agents Corrupted by Reasoning: Reasoning Language Models Become Free-Riders in Public Goods Games

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PAVE: A Cognitive Architecture for Legitimate Violation in Generative Agent Societies cites this paper.

PAVE: A Cognitive Architecture for Legitimate Violation in Generative Agent Societies Corrupted by Reasoning: Reasoning Language Models Become Free-Riders in Public Goods Games

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Attractor States Emerge in Multi-Turn LLM Conversations cites this paper.

Attractor States Emerge in Multi-Turn LLM Conversations Corrupted by Reasoning: Reasoning Language Models Become Free-Riders in Public Goods Games

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Draining the Energy Commons: Self-Defeating Over-Appropriation as a Coordination Failure in Agentic LLM Collectives cites this paper.

Draining the Energy Commons: Self-Defeating Over-Appropriation as a Coordination Failure in Agentic LLM Collectives Corrupted by Reasoning: Reasoning Language Models Become Free-Riders in Public Goods Games

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