A laboratory study of group polarisation in the team dictator game

Economic Journal

Volumn 107, Issue 444, 1997, Pages 1465-1483

  Cason, Timothy N ^a   Mui, Vai Lam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0000800064     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.1997.tb00058.x     Document Type: Article

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