Communication, reputation, and punishment in sequential bargaining experiments

Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics

Volumn 160, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 576-606

  Brosig, Jeannette ^a   Weimann, Joachim ^a   Yang, Chun Lei ^b  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b ACADEMIA SINICA   (Taiwan)

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EID: 11144261494     PISSN: 09324569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1628/0932456042776140     Document Type: Article

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