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The Evolution Of Reciprocity In Sizable Human Groups, Casey G. Rothschild Dec 2008

The Evolution Of Reciprocity In Sizable Human Groups, Casey G. Rothschild

Economics Faculty Scholarship

The scale and complexity of human cooperation is an important and unresolved evo- lutionary puzzle. This article uses the finitely repeated n person Prisoners’ Dilemma game to illustrate how sapience can greatly enhance group-selection effects and lead to the evolutionary stability of cooperation in large groups. This affords a simple and direct explanation of the human “exception.”


Obesity, Disability, And The Labor Force, Kristin F. Butcher, Kyung H. Park Jan 2008

Obesity, Disability, And The Labor Force, Kristin F. Butcher, Kyung H. Park

Faculty Research and Scholarship

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