Does Inequity Aversion Motivate Punishment? Cleaner Fish as a Model System

Social Justice Research

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 213-231

  Raihani, Nichola J ^a   McAuliffe, Katherine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cleaner fish; Cooperation; Fairness; Inequity aversion; Labroides dimidiatus; Punishment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861657405     PISSN: 08857466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11211-012-0157-8     Document Type: Review

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