Can stable social groups be maintained by homophilous imitation alone?

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 267-286

  Durrett, Richard ^a   Levin, Simon A ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Group dynamics; Group formation; Homophily; Mathematical model; Social norms

Indexed keywords

EID: 19644392331     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2003.09.017     Document Type: Article

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