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23 - Evolutionary Economics and Psychology

from Part VI - Biological Perspectives

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2018

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Ulrich Witt
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Alan Lewis
Alan Lewis
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University of Bath
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The Cambridge Handbook of Psychology and Economic Behaviour , pp. 673 - 694
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Print publication year: 2018

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