Group selection: The quest for social preferences

This paper surveys the literature on group selection. I describe the early contributions and the group selection controversy. I also describe the main approaches to group selection in the recent literature; fixation, assortative group formation, and reproductive externalities.

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Year of publication:	2009
Authors:	Salomonsson, Marcus
Publisher:	Stockholm : Stockholm School of Economics, The Economic Research Institute (EFI)
Subject:	Altruism \| spite \| externalities \| conformity \| fixation \| signalling

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Series:	SSE/EFI Working Paper Series in Economics and Finance ; 712
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	593500148 [GVK] hdl:10419/56209 [Handle]
Classification:	C70 - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory. General ; D03 - Behavioral Economics; Underlying Principles ; D62 - Externalities ; D64 - Altruism
Source:	EconStor

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