Savage, David A.

The times they are a changin : the effect of institutional change on cooperative behaviour at 26,000 ft over sixty years David A Savage and Benno Torgler - New York : Palgrave Macmillan, c2015. - viii, 79 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - Palgrave pivot .

Introduction -- Historical development -- Commercialization -- Data and methodology -- Analysis -- Alternative explanations -- Conclusions.

This narrative and empirical analysis investigates Hilary's claim that in his day they would not have left a man behind to die. The authors examine over 60 years of Himalayan climbing data and stories in order to test the changes in cooperation in this extreme life and death environment.

978-1137525147


Mountaineering--Social aspects--Everest, Mount
Economics--Sociological aspects
Organizational behavior

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