Working Paper
Altruism and Envy in Contests: An Evolutionarily Stable Symbiosis
Kai A. Konrad
CESifo, Munich, 2002
CESifo Working Paper No. 825
CESifo, Munich, 2002
CESifo Working Paper No. 825
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Altruists and envious people who meet in contests are symbionts. They do better than a population of narrowly rational individuals. If there are only altruists and envious individuals, a particular mixture of altruists and envious individuals is evolutionarily stable.
Keywords: altruism, envy, contests, evolutionary stability