Does culture matter in economic behavior? Ultimatum game bargaining among the machiguenga

This article addresses the assumptions that humans everywhere deploy the same cognitive machinery for making economic decisions and, consequently, will respond similarly when faced with comparable economic circumstances. These assumptions are addressed with experimental evidence from the Peruvian Amazon.

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