Competitive Altruism, Mentalizing and Signalling
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- Ed Hopkins Jr., 2014. "Competitive Altruism, Mentalizing, and Signaling," American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, American Economic Association, vol. 6(4), pages 272-292, November.
- Hopkins, Ed, 2010. "Competitive Altruism, Mentalizing and Signalling," SIRE Discussion Papers 2010-90, Scottish Institute for Research in Economics (SIRE).
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Keywords
altruism; sexual selection; mentalizing; social preferences; signalling; tournaments; evolution;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C73 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Stochastic and Dynamic Games; Evolutionary Games
- D64 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Altruism; Philanthropy; Intergenerational Transfers
- D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-GTH-2010-11-27 (Game Theory)
- NEP-HPE-2010-11-27 (History and Philosophy of Economics)
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