Currency value moderates equity preference among young children

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 210-218

  Blake, Peter R ^a   Rand, David G ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Cooperation; Development; Dictator game

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951939325     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2009.06.012     Document Type: Article

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