The devil you know: The effects of identifiability on punishment

Journal of Behavioral Decision Making

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 311-318

  Small, Deborah A ^a,c   Loewenstein, George ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion; Identifiability; Public goods game; Punishment

Indexed keywords

EID: 30344474586     PISSN: 08943257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdm.507     Document Type: Article

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