Isbn: 9780199262045 - foundations of human sociality: economic experiments and ethnographic evidence from fifteen small-scale societies (4 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 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. 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 modulated by economic, social, and cultural environments? Until now, experimental research could not address this.…

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Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. Combining ethnographic and experimental approaches, this book reports the results of a large cross-cultural study aimed at determining the sources of social (non-selfish) preferences that underlie the diversity of human sociality. This book includes a succinct but substantive introduction to the use of game theory as an analytical tool. Editor(s): Henrich, Joseph; Boyd, Robert; Bowles, Samuel; Camerer, Colin; Fehr, Ernst; Gintis, Herbert. Num Pages: 472 pages, numerous line drawings and tables. BIC Classification: JHMC; KCA; PBUD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 32. Weight in Grams: 810. . 2004. Hardback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…