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Altruists, Egoists and Hooligans in a Local Interaction Model

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  • Eshel, I.
  • Samuelson, L.
  • Shaked, A.

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We study a population of agents , each of whome can be an Altruist or an Egoist. Altruism is a strictly dominated strategy. Agent choose their actions by imitating others who earn high payoffs. Interactions between agents are local, so that each agent affects (and is affected by) only his neighbors.

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Paper provided by Wisconsin Madison - Social Systems in its series Working papers with number 9612r.

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Length: 49 pages
Date of creation: 1996
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Handle: RePEc:att:wimass:9612r

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Postal: UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON, SOCIAL SYSTEMS RESEARCH INSTITUTE(S.S.R.I.), MADISON WISCONSIN 53706 U.S.A.

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Keywords: ALTRUISM;

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