caa a22 4500 475840356 CHVBK 20180406123900.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20001201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1023/A:1005198714654 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1023/A:1005198714654 Korn Evelyn Wirtschafts & Sozialwissenschaft Fakultät, Universität Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany aut On the Formation of Family Structures [Elektronische Daten] [Evelyn Korn] Hitherto, models of family economics focus on explaining theorganization of monogamous and polygynous family patterns. A thirdexisting marriage pattern, polyandrous marriages, has beenneglected. This paper shows that - in contrast to the common view - a polyandrous marriage may be individually rational. I considera game theoretic model of a subsistence economy whose membersmaximize their personal reproductive success. In this model, allthree family formations can appear as equilibrium solutions. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000 Public Choice Kluwer Academic Publishers 105/3-4(2000-12-01), 357-372 0048-5829 105:3-4<357 2000 105 11127 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005198714654 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005198714654 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Korn Evelyn Wirtschafts & Sozialwissenschaft Fakultät, Universität Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Public Choice Kluwer Academic Publishers 105/3-4(2000-12-01), 357-372 0048-5829 105:3-4<357 2000 105 11127 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer