Choosing bargaining partners - An experimental study on the impact of information about income, status and gender

Experimental Economics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 183-216

  Holm, Håkan ^a   Engseld, Peter ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dictator donations; Gender; Income; Status; Ultimatum proposals

Indexed keywords

EID: 24144487114     PISSN: 13864157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10683-005-1463-x     Document Type: Article

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