Altruism toward in-group members as a reputation mechanism

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 109-117

  Mifune, Nobuhiro ^a   Hashimoto, Hirofumi ^a   Yamagishi, Toshio ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Altruism; Cooperation; Dictator game; In group favoritism; Indirect reciprocity; Reputation

Indexed keywords

EID: 76849109308     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2009.09.004     Document Type: Article

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