What makes the Kula go round?. A simulation model of the spontaneous emergence of a ceremonial exchange system

Social Networks

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 107-126

  Ziegler, Rolf ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Exchange theory; Kula ring; Simulation model

Indexed keywords

EID: 41549124863     PISSN: 03788733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socnet.2007.10.001     Document Type: Article

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