Gender differences in the laboratory: Evidence from prisoner's dilemma games

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 327-339

  Ortmann, Andreas ^a   Tichy, Lisa K ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

C92; Double blind design; Experiments; Gender differences; H41; J16; Prisoner's Dilemma game

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040581750     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0167-2681(99)00038-4     Document Type: Article

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