On the evolutionary edge of altruism: a game-theoretic proof of Hamilton’s rule for a simple case of siblings

Oded Stark and You Wang

Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2004, vol. 14, issue 1, 37-42

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. Copyright Springer-Verlag Berlin/Heidelberg 2004

Keywords: Evolution of altruism; Hamilton’s rule; One-shot prisoner’s dilemma game (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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DOI: 10.1007/s00191-003-0168-6

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