Generalizing the core design principles for the efficacy of groups

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 90, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Wilson, David Sloan ^a   Ostrom, Elinor ^c   Cox, Michael E ^b  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biocultural evolution; Common pool resource groups; Core design principles; Elinor Ostrom; Multilevel selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880332510     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2012.12.010     Document Type: Article

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