Social Welfare and the Psychology of Food Sharing: Short-Term Hunger Increases Support for Social Welfare

Political Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 757-773

  Petersen, Michael Bang ^a   Aarøe, Lene ^a   Jensen, Niels Holm ^a   Curry, Oliver ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Denmark; Evolutionary psychology; Hunger; Public opinion; Social welfare; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911913814     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: 14679221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pops.12062     Document Type: Article

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