Personal and group incentives to invest in prosocial behavior: A study in the Bolivian Amazon

Journal of Anthropological Research

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 81-101

  Reyes García, Victoria ^a,b   Godoy, Ricardo ^b   Vadez, Vincent ^b   Huanca, Tomás ^b   Leonard, William R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bolivia; Gift giving; Prosocial behavior; Reciprocity; Tsimane' Amerindians

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646461021     PISSN: 00917710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3998/jar.0521004.0062.104     Document Type: Review

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