An evolutionary theory of monogamy

DOI10.1016/J.JET.2016.10.001MaRDI QIDQ337838zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Marco Francesconi, Christian Ghiglino, Motty Perry

Publication date 3 November 2016

Published in Journal of Economic Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/82106/7/WRAP_fgp_rev10_jet.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

free ridingkinshipoverlapping generationspolygynyserial monogamysocial norms

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Noncooperative games (91A10) Evolutionary games (91A22) Mathematical sociology (including anthropology) (91D99)

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