Evolution & Human Behavior
Volume 28, Issue 2 , Pages 112-117 , March 2007

When in Rome, do as the Romans do: the coevolution of altruistic punishment, conformist learning, and cooperation

  • Ricardo Andrés Guzmán

      Affiliations

    • Instituto de Economía, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
    • ,
  • Carlos Rodríguez-Sickert

      Affiliations

    • Instituto de Sociología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile, and Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM
    • ,
  • Robert Rowthorn

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, and King's College, London, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 0 1223 335230.

Received 6 April 2006 ,Accepted 10 August 2006.

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PII: S1090-5138(06)00066-3

doi: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2006.08.002

Evolution & Human Behavior
Volume 28, Issue 2 , Pages 112-117 , March 2007

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