Some consequences of e-mail vs. face-to-face communication in experiment

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 389-403

  Frohlich, Norman ^a   Oppenheimer, Joe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

C72; C92; Communication; Cooperation; D70; Experiments; Impartial reasoning; Prisoners' dilemma

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038674219     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0167-2681(98)00044-4     Document Type: Article

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