Stark, Oded and Wang, You Qiang (September 2003) On the Evolutionary Edge of Altruism: A Game-Theoretic Proof of Hamilton's Rule for a Simple Case of Siblings. Former Series > Working Paper Series > IHS Economics Series 139
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Abstract
Abstract: We offer a game-theoretic proof of Hamilton's rule for the spread of altruism. For a simple case of siblings, we show that the rule can be derived as the outcome of a one-shot prisoner's dilemma game between siblings.;
Item Type: | IHS Series |
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Keywords: | 'Evolution of altruism' 'Hamilton's rule' 'One-shot prisoner's dilemma game' |
Classification Codes (e.g. JEL): | A13, C70, D64 |
Date Deposited: | 26 Sep 2014 10:37 |
Last Modified: | 19 Sep 2024 13:17 |
ISBN: | 1605-7996 |
URI: | https://irihs.ihs.ac.at/id/eprint/1513 |