www.econstor.eu GROUP SELECTION: THE QUEST FOR SOCIAL PREFERENCES
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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; xation, assortative group formation, and reproductive externalities. Keywords: Altruism; spite; externalities; conformity; xation; signalling JEL Classi cation: C70; D03; D62; D64
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