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Selfish Altruism, Fierce Cooperation and the Emergence of Cooperative Equilibria from Passing and Shooting
Askitas, Nikos - 2014
There is continuing debate about what explains cooperation and self-sacrifice in nature and in particular in humans. This paper suggests a new way to think about this famous problem. I argue that, for an evolutionary biologist as well as a quantitative social scientist, the triangle of two...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010333268
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Running Up That Hill: Fitness in the Face of Recession
Papps, Kerry L.; Bryson, Alex; Reade, J. James - 2023
examine whether labour market conditions affect fitness. Running times improve during recessions for men and women aged 50 and … above but worsen for men aged 20-49 and women aged 20-29, suggesting that the fall in the opportunity costs of fitness …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014377313
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Selfish Altruism, Fierce Cooperation and the Emergence of Cooperative Equilibria from Passing and Shooting
Askitas, Nikos - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
There is continuing debate about what explains cooperation and self-sacrifice in nature and in particular in humans. This paper suggests a new way to think about this famous problem. I argue that, for an evolutionary biologist as well as a quantitative social scientist, the triangle of two...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884231