Evolutionarily stable in-group favoritism and out-group spite in intergroup conflict

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 306, Issue , 2012, Pages 61-67

  Konrad, Kai A ^a   Morath, Florian ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TAX LAW AND PUBLIC FINANCE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Altruism; Conflict; Evolutionary stability; Indirect evolutionary approach; Spite

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; GROUP BEHAVIOR;

ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; EVOLUTION; FAVORITISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPITEFUL BEHAVIOR;

ALTRUISM; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); GAME THEORY; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC;

EID: 84860828272     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2012.04.013     Document Type: Article

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