Altruism may be sexy. Comment on cultural group selection, coevolutionary processes and large-scale cooperation

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 37-40

  Aoki, Kenichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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EID: 0347533968     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2681(03)00095-7     Document Type: Note

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