Contingent social utility in the prisoners' dilemma

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-17

  Gibbons, Robert ^a   Boven, Leaf Van ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behavioral game theory; C72 (non cooperative games); C91 (laboratory experiment, individual behavior); Contingent utility; Prisoners' dilemma; Social utility

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005898847     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2681(00)00170-0     Document Type: Article

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