The sound of silence in prisoner's dilemma and dictator games

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 43-57

  Bohnet, Iris ^a   Frey, Bruno S ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

A13; Anonymity; C72; C91; Communication; Dictator game; Fairness; Prisoner's dilemma

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002629703     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0167-2681(98)00121-8     Document Type: Article

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