Group-size diversity in public goods games

Evolution

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 623-636

  Peña, Jorge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Game theory; Jensen's inequality; Prisoner's dilemma; Public goods game; Variance

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; GAME THEORY; GROUP SIZE; NONLINEARITY; PUBLIC GOODS; SYNERGISM; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; COOPERATION; EVOLUTION; GAME; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84857691894     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01504.x     Document Type: Article

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