Bowles, Samuel

“Economic man” in cross-cultural perspective: behavioral experiments in 15 small-scale societies

Henrich, J., Boyd, R., Bowles, S., Camerer, C., Fehr, E., Gintis, H., McElreath, R., Alvard, M., Barr, A., Ensminger, J., et al. (2005) · Behavioral and Brain Sciences

Experimental Behavioral Economics StudiesEvolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation

Cited by 1,898

The evolution of altruistic punishment

Boyd, R., Gintis, H., Bowles, S., & Richerson, P. J. (2003) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Evolutionary Game Theory and CooperationExperimental Behavioral Economics Studies

Cited by 1,748

The Coevolution of Parochial Altruism and War

Choi, J.-K., & Bowles, S. (2007) · Science

Evolutionary Game Theory and CooperationEvolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior

Cited by 1,227

Explaining altruistic behavior in humans

Gintis, H., Bowles, S., Boyd, R., & Fehr, E. (2003) · Evolution and Human Behavior

Evolutionary Game Theory and CooperationExperimental Behavioral Economics Studies

Cited by 1,037

Policies designed for self-interested citizens may undermine ‘the moral sentiments’: evidence from economic experiments

Bowles, S. (2008) · Science

Experimental Behavioral Economics StudiesEconomic Theory and Institutions

Cited by 833

Did Warfare Among Ancestral Hunter-Gatherers Affect the Evolution of Human Social Behaviors?

Bowles, S. (2009) · Science

Language and cultural evolutionEvolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation

Cited by 773

Coordinated Punishment of Defectors Sustains Cooperation and Can Proliferate When Rare

Boyd, R., Gintis, H., & Bowles, S. (2010) · Science

Evolutionary Game Theory and CooperationExperimental Behavioral Economics Studies

Cited by 613

Group Competition, Reproductive Leveling, and the Evolution of Human Altruism

Bowles, S. (2006) · Science

Evolutionary Game Theory and CooperationEvolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior

Cited by 604

A Cooperative Species: Human Reciprocity and Its Evolution

Bowles, S., & Gintis, H. (2011) · Princeton University Press eBooks

Evolutionary Game Theory and CooperationExperimental Behavioral Economics Studies

Cited by 313

Strong Reciprocity and the Roots of Human Morality

Gintis, H., Henrich, J., Bowles, S., Boyd, R., & Fehr, E. (2008) · Social Justice Research

Evolutionary Game Theory and CooperationPsychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment

Cited by 233

Cultivation of cereals by the first farmers was not more productive than foraging.

Bowles, S. (2011) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Archaeology and ancient environmental studiesLanguage and cultural evolution

Cited by 134

Overcoming COVID-19 vaccination resistance when alternative policies affect the dynamics of conformism, social norms, and crowding out

Schmelz, K., & Bowles, S. (2021) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Vaccine Coverage and HesitancyOpinion Dynamics and Social Influence

Cited by 98