High stakes and acceptance behavior in ultimatum bargaining: A contribution from an international experiment

Theory and Decision

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 187-207

  Munier, Bertrand ^a   Zaharia, Costin ^a  

^a Groupe de Recherche sur le Risque   (France)

Author keywords

Experiment; Lowest acceptable offfers; Monetary stakes; Ultimatum

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; FINANCE; FUNCTIONS; GAME THEORY;

BARGAINING;

DECISION THEORY;

EID: 0036878875     PISSN: 00405833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022815832351     Document Type: Article

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