Michael Gurven|Arianna Zanolini|Eric Schniter
Culture sometimes matters: Intra-cultural variation in pro-social behavior among Tsimane Amerindians
University of California, Santa Barbara|University College London|University of California, Santa Barbara
agentcentered models usually consider individuallevel variables calculations economic costs benefits little consideration social cultural history shaping payoffs ways impact decisions examine role local expectations economic behavior explore whether village affiliation accounts variation dictator game offers among tsimane bolivian amazon independently factors could confound effect analysis shows significant differences altruistic giving exist among villages village patterns recognized residents offers likely reflect variation social expectations rather stable differences norms fairness