Reputation management: Why and how gossip enhances generosity

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 193-201

  Wu, Junhui ^a   Balliet, Daniel ^a   Van Lange, Paul A M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Generosity; Gossip; Reputation; Social network

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949670263     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2015.11.001     Document Type: Article

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