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Titolo: |
Foundations of human sociality : economic experiments and ethnographic evidence from fifteen small-scale societies / / edited by Joseph Henrich ... [et al.]
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Pubblicazione: | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2004 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (472 p.) |
Disciplina: | 303.3 |
302 | |
Soggetto topico: | Altruism |
Helping behavior | |
Social interaction | |
Economics - Sociological aspects | |
Game theory | |
Altri autori: |
HenrichJoseph Patrick
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Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Contributors; 1 Introduction and Guide to the Volume; 2 Overview and Synthesis; 3 Measuring Social Norms and Preferences Using Experimental Games: A Guide for Social Scientists; 4 Coalitional Effects on Reciprocal Fairness in the Ultimatum Game: A Case from the Ecuadorian Amazon; 5 Comparative Experimental Evidence from Machiguenga, Mapuche, Huinca, and American Populations; 6 Dictators and Ultimatums in an Egalitarian Society of Hunter-Gatherers: The Hadza of Tanzania |
7 Does Market Exposure Affect Economic Game Behavior? The Ultimatum Game and the Public Goods Game among the Tsimane' of Bolivia8 Market Integration, Reciprocity, and Fairness in Rural Papua New Guinea: Results from a Two-Village Ultimatum Game Experiment; 9 Ultimatum Game with an Ethnicity Manipulation: Results from Khovdiin Bulgan Sum, Mongolia; 10 Kinship, Familiarity, and Trust: An Experimental Investigation; 11 Community Structure, Mobility, and the Strength of Norms in an African Society: The Sangu of Tanzania | |
12 Market Integration and Fairness: Evidence from Ultimatum, Dictator, and Public Goods Experiments in East Africa13 Economic Experiments to Examine Fairness and Cooperation among the Ache Indians of Paraguay; 14 The Ultimatum Game, Fairness, and Cooperation among Big Game Hunters; Michael S. AlvardAppendix; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Z | |
Sommario/riassunto: | What motives underlie the ways humans interact socially? Are these the same for all societies? Are these part of our nature, or influenced by our environments?Over the last decade, research in experimental economics has emphatically falsified the textbook representation of Homo economicus. Literally hundreds of experiments suggest that people care not only about their own material payoffs, but also about such things as fairness, equity and reciprocity. However, this research left fundamental questions unanswered: Are such social preferences stable components of human nature; or, are they modul |
Altri titoli varianti: | Economic experiments and ethnographic evidence from fifteen small-scale societies |
Titolo autorizzato: | Foundations of human sociality ![]() |
ISBN: | 0-19-926204-7 |
0-19-153221-5 | |
9786611925109 | |
1-281-92510-1 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910812940603321 |
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