Collective action in culturally similar and dissimilar groups: an experiment on parochialism, conditional cooperation, and their linkages

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 201-211

  Koopmans, Ruud ^a,b   Rebers, Susanne ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b WZB BERLIN SOCIAL SCIENCE CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Collective action; Conditional cooperation; Cultural group selection; Parochialism; Public goods

Indexed keywords

EID: 64449087853     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2009.01.003     Document Type: Article

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