Human motivation and social cooperation: Experimental and analytical foundations

Annual Review of Sociology

Volumn 33, Issue , 2007, Pages 43-64

  Fehr, Ernst ^a   Gintis, Herbert ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Punishment; Social exchange; Social order; Strong reciprocity

Indexed keywords

EID: 34848892726     PISSN: 03600572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.soc.33.040406.131812     Document Type: Article

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