In Search of Homo Economicus: Behavioral Experiments in 15 Small-Scale Societies

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Authors

Joseph Henrich · University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Robert Boyd · UCLA Health

Samuel Bowles

Colin Camerer

Ernst Fehr

Herbert Gintis · University of Massachusetts Amherst

Richard McElreath · Max Planck Institute for Human Development

Abstract

In Search of Homo Economicus: Behavioral Experiments in 15 Small-Scale Societies by Joseph Henrich, Robert Boyd, Samuel Bowles, Colin Camerer, Ernst Fehr, Herbert Gintis and Richard McElreath. Published in volume 91, issue 2, pages 73-78 of American Economic Review, May 2001

Topics & Keywords

Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies Culture, Economy, and Development Studies Economic Theory and Institutions

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Decent work and economic growth

Publication Details

Published in: American Economic Review

Volume 91, Issue 2, pp. 73-78

DOI: 10.1257/aer.91.2.73

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