The Bioeconomics of Cooperation

Journal of Bioeconomics

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 153-168

  Gifford Jr , Adam ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Altruism; Culture; Evolution; Group selection; Natural selection; New institutional economics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041686612     PISSN: 13876996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011466701827     Document Type: Article

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