Representational altruism: The wary cooperator as authoritative decision maker

American Journal of Political Science

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1013-1022

  Smith, Kevin B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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EID: 33748774153     PISSN: 00925853     EISSN: 15405907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5907.2006.00230.x     Document Type: Article

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