Assets and tactics in a mating market: Economic models of negotiation offer insights into animal courtship dynamics on the lek
Economists study negotiation as a series of events—partner choice, information gathering, bargaining, etc.—with each step of the process affecting the outcome of the next, and the optimal decision at each stage depending on the player’s bargaining power. The context in which these negotiations occur...
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Oxford University Press
2011-04-01
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Series: | Current Zoology |
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Online Access: | http://www.currentzoology.org/paperdetail.asp?id=11836 |