On the Evolutionary Edge of Altruism: A Game-Theoretic Proof of Hamilton's Rule for a Simple Case of Siblings
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- Oded Stark & You Wang, 2004. "On the evolutionary edge of altruism: a game-theoretic proof of Hamilton’s rule for a simple case of siblings," Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Springer, vol. 14(1), pages 37-42, January.
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Keywords
Evolution of altruism; Hamilton's rule; One-shot prisoner's dilemma game;All these keywords.
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- A13 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Relation of Economics to Social Values
- C70 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - General
- D64 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Altruism; Philanthropy; Intergenerational Transfers
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