Altruism towards strangers in need: costly signaling in an industrial society

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 95-103

  Bereczkei, Tamas ^a   Birkas, Bela ^a   Kerekes, Zsuzsanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Charity offer; Generosity; Social recognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 76749086453     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2009.07.004     Document Type: Article

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