Engineering altruism: A theoretical and experimental investigation of anonymity and gift giving

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 133-144

  Burnham, Terence C ^a  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anonymity; Dictator game; Fairness; Framing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037209671     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2681(02)00044-6     Document Type: Article

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