Trustworthiness and competitive altruism can also solve the "tragedy of the commons"

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 209-220

  Barclay, Pat ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Competitive altruism; Evolution; Game theory; Public goods; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242758987     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2004.04.002     Document Type: Article

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