Fairness and learning: An experimental examination

Games and Economic Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 26-45

  Cooper, David J ^a   Stockman, Carol Kraker ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Fairness; Learning; Public goods

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036810672     PISSN: 08998256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-8256(02)00011-8     Document Type: Article

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