Chapter 4 The Gift and Reciprocity: Perspectives from Economic Anthropology

Handbook of the Economics of Giving, Altruism and Reciprocity

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 207-223

  Hann, Chris ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

anthropology; experiments; gift; reciprocity; sharing

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649365667     PISSN: 15740714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1574-0714(06)01004-9     Document Type: Review

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