Concerns about reputation via gossip promote generous allocations in an economic game

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 172-178

  Piazza, Jared ^a   Bering, Jesse M ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Economic decisions; Generosity; Gossip; Language; Prosocial behavior; Reputation

Indexed keywords

EID: 41949132044     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2007.12.002     Document Type: Article

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