On Altruism in Economic Behaviour. Price Equation [Asupra altruismului în comportamentul economic. Ecuaţia Price]

Marinescu Ada
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Marinescu Ada: Universitatea din Bucureşti
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Ada Cristina Albu (Marinescu)

Revista OEconomica, 2016, issue 02

Abstract: We will discuss in this paper the relation between natural selection and altruism. While at the individual level, the altruistic behaviour reduces the fitness of an individual, at group level the behaviour of altruism produces as result a better adaptation to the environment. In this way, only altruism can contribute to evolution. We will present different perspectives on altruism.

Keywords: altruism; cooperation; selection; evolution (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C71 D01 D64 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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