Public goods in relation to competition, cooperation, and spite

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue SUPPL.3, 2014, Pages 10838-10845

  Levin, Simon A ^a,b,c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE   (United States)

^c ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Collective phenomena; Complex adaptive systems; Prosociality

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; CHELATION; COMPETITION; CONFLICT; COOPERATION; DELAY DISCOUNTING; HUMAN; INSURANCE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SOCIETY; SYMBIOSIS; THINKING;

COLLECTIVE PHENOMENA; COMPLEX ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; PROSOCIALITY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ALTRUISM; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84904663223     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1400830111     Document Type: Review

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