A bargaining experiment to motivate discussion on fairness

Journal of Economic Education

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 136-151

  Dickinson, David L ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

A2; Bargaining; C7; C9; D0; Experiments; Fairness; Teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 26044468689     PISSN: 00220485     EISSN: 21524068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220480209596463     Document Type: Article

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