Coexistence of social norms based on in- and out-group interactions

Advances in Complex Systems

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 271-286

  Fent, Thomas ^a,b   Groeber, Patrick ^a   Schweitzer, Frank ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b VIENNA INSTITUTE OF DEMOGRAPHY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Coexistence; In group; Out group; Social norms

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547369047     PISSN: 02195259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219525907000970     Document Type: Article

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