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Is prosocial behavior egocentric? The “invisible hand” of emotions

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  • Anne Corcos

    (LEM - Laboratoire d'Économie Moderne - UP2 - Université Panthéon-Assas)

  • Yorgos Rizopoulos

    (LADYSS - Laboratoire Dynamiques Sociales et Recomposition des Espaces - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - UP8 - Université Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis - UPN - Université Paris Nanterre - UPD7 - Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

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  • Anne Corcos & Yorgos Rizopoulos, 2011. "Is prosocial behavior egocentric? The “invisible hand” of emotions," Post-Print halshs-01968213, HAL.
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