Siblings, strangers, and the surge of altruism

Economics Letters

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 135-142

  Stark, Oded ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

A13; D64; Evolution of altruism; One shot prisoner's dilemma game; Siblings and strangers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033417430     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0165-1765(99)00157-3     Document Type: Article

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