The adaptive rationality of interpersonal commitment

Rationality and Society

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 65-83

  Back, Istvn ^a   Flache, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agent based model; Evolution; Fairness; Interpersonal commitment; Reciprocity

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349059182     PISSN: 10434631     EISSN: 14617358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043463107085437     Document Type: Article

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