Some doubts about measuring self-interest using dictator experiments: The costs of anonymity

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 271-290

  Frohlich, Norman ^a   Oppenheimer, Joe ^b   Bernard Moore, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Altruism; C90; C91; D64; Dictator experiments; Experiments; Other regarding; Self interest

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042367232     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2681(01)00178-0     Document Type: Article

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