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		| Thierry  Vignolo | 
	
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		| ''When envy helps explain coordination'' | 
	
		| ( 2005, Vol. 3 No.12 ) | 
	
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		| This paper identifies a class of symmetric coordination games in which the presence of envious people helps players to coordinate on a particular strict Nash equilibrium. In these games, the selected equilibrium is always risk-dominant. We also find that envious preferences are evolutionary stable when they lead to Pareto-efficiency. | 
	
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		| Keywords: Envy  Coordination games  Risk-dominance  Evolutionary stability | 
	
		| JEL: D6 - Welfare Economics: General
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		| | Manuscript Received : Mar 09 2005 |  | Manuscript Accepted : Mar 09 2005 | 
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