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Cost-Benefit Analysis

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  1. Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS, USA

    Adam J. Armijo, Arianne Fisher & W. Trey Hill

  2. Department of Psychology, Wichita State University, 1845 Fairmount St, Wichita, KS, 67260, USA

    Adam J. Armijo

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  1. Oakland Univ Dept of Psycholgy, Rochester, Michigan, USA

    Viviana Weekes-Shackelford

  2. Department of Psychology, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, USA

    Todd K. Shackelford

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Armijo, A.J., Fisher, A., Hill, W.T. (2016). Cost-Benefit Analysis. In: Weekes-Shackelford, V., Shackelford, T., Weekes-Shackelford, V. (eds) Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_1916-1

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