Endogenous social preferences

Review of Radical Political Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 63-84

  Carpenter, Jeffrey P ^a  

^a MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Best shot game; Endogenous preferences; Social preferences; Ultimatum game; Value orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 14844355985     PISSN: 04866134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0486613404272330     Document Type: Article

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