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In Search of Homo Economicus: Behavioral Experiments in 15 Small-Scale Soci... 1995 2026 2005 2015 1.5k
  1. In Search of Homo Economicus: Behavioral Experiments in 15 Small-Scale Societies (2001)
    Joseph Henrich, Robert Boyd et al. American Economic Review
  2. The evolution of altruistic punishment (2003)
    Robert Boyd, Herbert Gintis et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  3. “Economic man” in cross-cultural perspective: Behavioral experiments in 15 small-scale societies (2005)
    Joseph Henrich, Robert Boyd et al. Behavioral and Brain Sciences
  4. The Handbook of Economic Sociology. (1995)
    Samuel Bowles, Neil J. Smelser et al. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews
  5. A Cooperative Species: Human Reciprocity and Its Evolution (2011)
    Samuel Bowles, Herbert Gintis RePEc: Research Papers in Economics
  6. The Coevolution of Parochial Altruism and War (2007)
    Jung-Kyoo Choi, Samuel Bowles Science
  7. The Determinants of Earnings: A Behavioral Approach (2001)
    Samuel Bowles, Herbert Gintis et al. Journal of Economic Literature
  8. Explaining altruistic behavior in humans (2003)
    Herbert Gintis, Samuel Bowles et al. Evolution and Human Behavior
  9. Economic Incentives and Social Preferences: Substitutes or Complements? (2012)
    Samuel Bowles, Sandra Polanía-Reyes Journal of Economic Literature
  10. Costly Signaling and Cooperation (2001)
    Herbert Gintis, Eric Alden Smith et al. Journal of Theoretical Biology
  11. Policies Designed for Self-Interested Citizens May Undermine "The Moral Sentiments": Evidence from Economic Experiments (2008)
    Samuel Bowles Science
  12. Coordinated Punishment of Defectors Sustains Cooperation and Can Proliferate When Rare (2010)
    Robert Boyd, Herbert Gintis et al. Science
  13. The Production Process in a Competitive Economy: Walrasian, Neo-Hobbesian, and Marxian Models (1985)
    Samuel Bowles American Economic Review
  14. Endogenous Preferences: The Cultural Consequences of Markets and Other Economic Institutions (2016)
    Samuel Bowles Journal of Economic Literature
  15. Greater post-Neolithic wealth disparities in Eurasia than in North America and Mesoamerica (2017)
    Timothy A. Kohler, Michael E. Smith et al. Nature

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In Search of Homo Economicus: Behavioral Experiments in 15 Small-Scale Societies
2001 Standout
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Samuel Bowles 9880 4688 5538 173 18.1k
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Aldo Rustichini 2537 4748 4188 194 12.3k
David Laibson 2750 8658 2424 125 18.9k
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