Bringing norms in: The role of context in experimental dictator games

Current Anthropology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 920-926

  Lesorogol, Carolyn K ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

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EID: 38949113180     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/523017     Document Type: Article

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