Self-interested partner selection can lead to the emergence of fairness

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 265-270

  Chiang, Yen Sheng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fairness; Partner selection, Ultimatum game, Assortativity, Two sided matching; Self interest

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953689507     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2010.03.003     Document Type: Article

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