“Economic man” in cross-cultural perspective: Behavioral experiments in 15 small-scale societies

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• Publication year

  2005

• Venue

  Behavioral and Brain Sciences

• Publication date

  2005-12-01

• Fields of study

  Sociology, Medicine, Economics, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1017/S0140525X05000142PMID 16372952
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