Strategic choice of preferences: The persona model

B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Wolpert, David ^a   Jamison, Julian ^b   Newth, David ^c   Harre, Michael ^d  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

emotions; evolution of preferences; non rationality; Prisoner's Dilemma; schelling; single shot games; Traveler's Dilemma

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052522313     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19351704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1935-1704.1593     Document Type: Article

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