Group composition and conditional cooperation

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 616-622

  Smith, Alexander ^a  

^a WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditional cooperation; Group composition; Identity; Public good game; Reciprocity

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052899789     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2011.04.018     Document Type: Article

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