Economic models of sin and remorse: Some simple analytics

Review of Social Economy

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 201-219

  Eisenhauer, Joseph G ^a  

^a CANISIUS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrition; Morality; Remorse; Sin

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042621007     PISSN: 00346764     EISSN: 14701162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00346760410001684442     Document Type: Article

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