THE CO-EVOLUTION OF FAIRNESS PREFERENCES AND COSTLY PUNISHMENT.

The co-evolution of fairness preferences and costly punishment.

We study the co-evolutionary emergence of fairness preferences in the form of other-regarding behavior and its effect on the origination of costly punishment behavior in public good games.Our approach closely combines empirical results from three experiments with an evolutionary simulation model.In this way, we try to fill a gap between the evoluti

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Gordian III and western North Africa

As is well known, the Gordian dynasty was born in Africa when the inhabitants of Thysdrus proclaimed Gordian I and Gordian II emperors in 238.Still, the military issues which followed the disbandment of the legio III Augusta and the revolt led by Sabinianus in Carthage in 240 seem to indicate that the relationship between Gordian III (r.238-244) an

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