Reciprocal altruism under conditions of partner selection

Rationality and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 139-183

  De Vos, Henk ^a   Smaniotto, Rita ^b   Elsas, Donald A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Commitment; Evolutionary game theory; Partner selection; Reciprocal altruism; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035532481     PISSN: 10434631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104346301013002001     Document Type: Article

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