Evolution of social behavior: Individual and group selection

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 67-88

  Bergstrom, Theodore C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0001798026     PISSN: 08953309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/0895330027265     Document Type: Review

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