Do sincere apologies need to be costly? Test of a costly signaling model of apology

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 114-123

  Ohtsubo, Yohsuke ^a   Watanabe, Esuka ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apology; Costly signaling theory; Handicap principle; Sincerity

Indexed keywords

EID: 58649083902     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2008.09.004     Document Type: Article

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