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Generosity Maxim

Generosity Maxim is a politeness strategy principle in pragmatics that prescribes minimizing the imposition on others by offering more than is expected in a given social interaction, thereby reducing the face threat associated with benefit-seeking or resource-demanding acts.

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118

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2017–2026

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Variants

Leech's Generosity Maxim

Parents

Publications

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Empathy toward Strangers Triggers Oxytocin Release and Subsequent Generosity

Jorge A. Barraza, Paul J. Zak · Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2009 · 475 citations

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Evolution of direct reciprocity under uncertainty can explain human generosity in one-shot encounters

Andrew W. Delton, Max M. Krasnow, Leda Cosmides et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2011 · 319 citations · Full text

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Free-riding and whitewashing in peer-to-peer systems

Michal Feldman, Costas Papadimitriou, John Chuang et al. · IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications · 2006 · 311 citations

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The Long-Term Benefits of Human Generosity in Indirect Reciprocity

Claus Wedekind, Victoria A. Braithwaite · Current Biology · 2002 · 222 citations · Full text

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Showing Off in Humans: Male Generosity as a Mating Signal

Wendy Iredale, Mark van Vugt, Robin Dunbar · Evolutionary Psychology · 2008 · 205 citations · Full text

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Authors

173

  1. JC
    John Chuang

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    2 publications · 504 citations

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  2. DP
    Donald P. Hartmann

    University of Utah, United States

    2 publications · 54 citations

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  3. AM
    Adam Maxwell Sparks

    University of Guelph, Canada

    2 publications · 152 citations

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  4. RB
    Robert B. Cialdini

    Arizona State University, United States

    2 publications · 209 citations

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  5. DM
    Donna M. Gelfand

    University of Utah, United States

    2 publications · 54 citations

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Institutions

118

  1. National Bureau of Economic Research

    Cambridge, United States

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    185 citations

  2. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    4 h-index

    3 publications

    78 citations

  3. The University of Melbourne

    Melbourne, Australia

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    179 citations

  4. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    191 citations

  5. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    105 citations

  6. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    2 h-index

    7 publications

    1.7K citations

  7. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

    Boston, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    54 citations

  8. Singapore Management University

    Singapore, Singapore

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    54 citations

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Venues

  1. Evolution and Human Behavior

    5 publications · 444 citations

    5

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  2. Experimental Economics

    2 publications · 182 citations

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  3. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

    3 publications · 266 citations

    3

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  4. Child Development

    3 publications · 70 citations

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  5. Psychoneuroendocrinology

    3 publications · 78 citations

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