False friends are worse than bitter enemies: "Altruistic" punishment of in-group members

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 379-393

  Shinada, Mizuho ^a   Yamagishi, Toshio ^a   Ohmura, Yu ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gift giving game; Group based cooperation; Second order cooperation; Social exchange; Third party punishment

Indexed keywords

EID: 23744457896     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2004.08.001     Document Type: Article

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