Games and structures

Rationality and Society

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 5-35

  Willer, David ^a   Skvoretz, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Exchange theory; Game theory; Power; Structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 21444436047     PISSN: 10434631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104346397009001001     Document Type: Article

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