In search of homo economicus: Experiments in 15 small-scale societies

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An Evolutionary Perspective on the Economics of Energy Consumption: The Crucial Role of Habits (2009, background): “…instance, there is a substantial empirical literature demonstrating that the self-interested and rational Homo oeconomicus does not quite exist in reality (see the abundant empirical literature dealing with actual economic behavior of economic agents in Fehr and Gächter 2000; Henrich et al. 2001).”
Belief in a Zero-Sum Game as a Social Axiom (2015, background): “Henrich et al. (2001) found in a regression that both payoffs to cooperation (How important and how large is a group’s payoff from cooperation in economic production?) and market integration (How much do people rely on market exchange in their daily lives?) were highly significant predictors of…”
The 1/d Law of Giving (2010, result): “Our findings suggest a possible alternative to the " culture " effects observed in dictator games played with members of small scale societies around the world (Henrich et al., 2001).”