Arbeitspapier

Altruism and Envy in Contests: An Evolutionarily Stable Symbiosis

Altruists and envious people who meet in contests are symbionts. They do better than a population of narrowly rational individuals. If there are only altruists and envious individuals, a particular mixture of altruists and envious individuals is evolutionarily stable.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 825

Classification
Wirtschaft
Subject
altruism
envy
contests
evolutionary stability

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Konrad, Kai A.
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
(where)
Munich
(when)
2002

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  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Konrad, Kai A.
  • Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)

Time of origin

  • 2002

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