Why men collect things? A case study of fossilised dinosaur eggs

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 410-417

  Apostolou, Menelaos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NICOSIA   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Collecting behaviour; Conspicuous consumption; Honest signalling; Scarcity effect; Sexual selection under parental choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956059058     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2011.02.013     Document Type: Article

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