How strategy sensitive are contributions? A test of six hypotheses in a two-person dilemma game

Economic Theory

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 367-387

  Bolton, Gary E ^a   Brandts, Jordi ^b   Katok, Elena ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Barcelona)   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dilemma games; Experimental economics; Motivations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034407433     PISSN: 09382259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001990050018     Document Type: Article

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