Competitive altruism explains labor exchange variation in a Dominican community

Current Anthropology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 118-124

  MacFarlan, Shane J ^a   Remiker, Mark ^b   Quinlan, Robert ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84856763557     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/663700     Document Type: Article

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