Does civilization cause discontentment among indigenous Amazonians? Test of empirical data from the Tsimane' of Bolivia

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 587-598

  Godoy, Ricardo ^a   Zeinalova, Elizabeth ^a   Reyes García, Victoria ^a,b,c   Huanca, Tomás ^d   Kosiewicz, Holly ^d   Leonard, William R ^e   Tanner, Susan ^f  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^c CBIDSI   (Bolivia)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon; Bolivia; Markets; Psyche; Trade opening; Tsimane'; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 75749112200     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2010.04.001     Document Type: Article

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