<oai_dc:dc xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd">
  <dc:creator>Rankin DJ</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2011</dc:date>
  <dc:description xmlns:ns0="xml" ns0:lang="en">Many recent experiments in the field of behavioural economics appear to demonstrate a willingness of humans to behave altruistically, even when it is not in their interest to do so. This has led to the assertion that humans have evolved a special predisposition towards altruism. Recent studies have questioned this, and demonstrated that selfless cooperation does not hold up in controlled experiments. As I discuss here, this calls for more economic 'field experiments' and highlights the need for greater integration of the evolutionary and economic sciences.</dc:description>
  <dc:format>application/pdf</dc:format>
  <dc:identifier>https://sonar.ch/global/documents/165684</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>eng</dc:language>
  <dc:relation>info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.tree.2010.10.005</dc:relation>
  <dc:relation>info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pmid/21087808</dc:relation>
  <dc:rights>info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess</dc:rights>
  <dc:source>Trends in ecology &amp; evolution. - 2011</dc:source>
  <dc:subject xmlns:ns1="xml" ns1:lang="en">Altruism</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject xmlns:ns2="xml" ns2:lang="en">Biological Evolution</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject xmlns:ns3="xml" ns3:lang="en">Cooperative Behavior</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject xmlns:ns4="xml" ns4:lang="en">Economics</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject xmlns:ns5="xml" ns5:lang="en">Games, Experimental</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject xmlns:ns6="xml" ns6:lang="en">Humans</dc:subject>
  <dc:title xmlns:ns7="xml" ns7:lang="en">The social side of Homo economicus.</dc:title>
  <dc:type>http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501</dc:type>
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