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Moral sentiments and material interests : the foundations of cooperation in economic life / edited by Herbert Gintis [and others].
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- MIT Press series on economic learning and social evolution ; 6.
- Economic learning and social evolution ; 6
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cooperation.
- Game theory.
- Economics--Sociological aspects.
- Economics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 404 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2004]
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Multidisciplinary research into cooperation and the implications for public policy, drawing on insights from economics, anthropology, biology, social psychology, and sociology.
- Contents:
- 1 Moral Sentiments and Material Interests: Origins, Evidence, and Consequences / Herbert Gintis, Samuel Bowles, Robert Boyd, Ernst Fehr 3
- II The Behavioral Ecology of Cooperation 41
- 2 The Evolution of Cooperation in Primate Groups / Joan B. Silk 43
- 3 The Natural History of Human Food Sharing and Cooperation: A Review and a New Multi-Individual Approach to the Negotiation of Norms / Hillard Kaplan, Michael Gurven 75
- 4 Costly Signaling and Cooperative Behavior / Eric A. Smith, Rebecca Bliege Bird 115
- III Modeling and Testing Strong Reciprocity 149
- 5 The Economics of Strong Reciprocity / Ernst Fehr, Urs Fischbacher 151
- 6 Modeling Strong Reciprocity / Armin Falk, Urs Fischbacher 193
- 7 The Evolution of Altruistic Punishment / Robert Boyd, Herbert Gintis, Samuel Bowles, Peter J. Richerson 215
- 8 Norm Compliance and Strong Reciprocity / Rajiv Sethi, E. Somanathan 229
- IV Reciprocity and Social Policy 251
- 9 Policies That Crowd out Reciprocity and Collective Action / Elinor Ostrom 253
- 10 Reciprocity and the Welfare State / Christina M. Fong, Samuel Bowles, Herbert Gintis 277
- 11 Fairness, Reciprocity, and Wage Rigidity / Truman Bewley 303
- 12 The Logic of Reciprocity: Trust, Collective Action, and Law / Dan M. Kahan 339
- 13 Social Capital, Moral Sentiments, and Community Governance / Samuel Bowles, Herbert Gintis 379.
- Notes:
- OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- ISBN:
- 9780262273862
- 0262273861
- 1282097717
- 9781282097711
- 9780262308304
- 0262308304
- OCLC:
- 76064489
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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