The Algebra of Assortative Encounters and the Evolution of Cooperation

Ted Bergstrom ()

No 2003C, University of California at Santa Barbara, Economics Working Paper Series from Department of Economics, UC Santa Barbara

Abstract: This paper explores the way that assortative matching can maintain cooperative behavior under evolutionary dynamics.

Keywords: evolution; altruism; assortative matching; cooperation; kin selection; index of assortativity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003-07-30
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