Can game(s) theory explain culture?: The emergence of cultural behavior within multiple games

Rationality and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 65-97

  Bednar, Jenna ^a   Page, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent based models; Bounded rationality; Culture; Emergence; Game theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847611650     PISSN: 10434631     EISSN: 14617358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043463107075108     Document Type: Review

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