The efficient interaction of indirect reciprocity and costly punishment

Nature

Volumn 444, Issue 7120, 2006, Pages 718-723

  Rockenbach, Bettina ^a   Milinski, Manfred ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERFURT   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; RECIPROCITY;

ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; COST; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNISHMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 33845672964     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05229     Document Type: Article

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