Selfishness and fairness in economic and evolutionary perspective: An experimental economic study in Papua New Guinea

Current Anthropology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 432-438

  Tracer, David P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 14744268644     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/374904     Document Type: Article

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