Chapter 10 Human nature and sociality in economics

Handbook of the Economics of Giving, Altruism and Reciprocity

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 731-768

  Bardsley, Nicholas ^a   Sugden, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

altruism; expressive rationality; human nature; sociality; sympathy; team reasoning

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349155049     PISSN: 15740714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1574-0714(06)01010-4     Document Type: Review

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