Evolution & Human Behavior
Volume 23, Issue 1 , Pages 11-33 , January 2002

Social sharing and risk reduction: Exploring a computational algorithm for the psychology of windfall gains

  • Tatsuya Kameda

      Affiliations

    • Department of Behavioral Science, Hokkaido University, Bungakubu, N10 W7 Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author
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  • Masanori Takezawa

      Affiliations

    • Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Lentzeallee 94, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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  • R.Scott Tindale

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Loyola University-Chicago, 6525 N. Sheridan, Chicago, IL 60626, USA
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  • Christine M Smith

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI 49401, USA

Received 24 April 2001 ,Revised 8 June 2001 ,Accepted 17 August 2001.

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Evolution & Human Behavior
Volume 23, Issue 1 , Pages 11-33 , January 2002