Arbeitspapier
The evolution of inequality aversion in a simplified game of life
This paper applies the indirect evolutionary approach to study the evolution of inequality aversion in a simplified game of life. The game comprises a dilemma, a problem of coordination, and a problem of distribution as a general framework for the evolution of preferences. In singlegame environments, there emerges a global advantage for inequality-averse individuals in the dilemma and a global disadvantage for inequality-averse players who are favoured by the problem of distribution. The simplified game of life puts these strong predictions into perspective. In particular, selfish and inequality-averse individuals may coexist in the subpopulation, favoured in the problem of distribution.
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: cege Discussion Papers ; No. 219
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Wirtschaft
Noncooperative Games
Stochastic and Dynamic Games; Evolutionary Games; Repeated Games
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inequality aversion
evolution
preferences
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Müller, Stephan
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Veröffentlichung
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University of Göttingen, Center for European, Governance and Economic Development Research (cege)
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Göttingen
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2014
- Handle
- Last update
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Müller, Stephan
- University of Göttingen, Center for European, Governance and Economic Development Research (cege)
Time of origin
- 2014