Detecting other-regarding behavior with virtual players

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 99-109

  Ferraro, Paul ^a   Rondeau, Daniel ^b   Poe, Gregory L ^c  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c Dept of Applied Econ/Management ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Altruism; Fairness; Group behavior; Laboratory experiments; Public goods

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037403763     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2681(02)00137-3     Document Type: Article

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