Culture sometimes matters: Intra-cultural variation in pro-social behavior among Tsimane Amerindians

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 67, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 587-607

  Gurven, Michael ^a   Zanolini, Arianna ^b   Schniter, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Altruism; Dictator game; Experimental economics; Social norms; Tsimane

Indexed keywords

EID: 48549103074     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2007.09.005     Document Type: Article

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