On the relative strengths of altruism and fairness

Theory and Decision

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 35-67

  Tan, Jonathan H W ^a   Bolle, Friedel ^a  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY VIADRINA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Altruism; Dictator game; Fairness; Social welfare; Transfer rate

Indexed keywords

GAME THEORY; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

ALTRUISM; DICTATOR GAME; FAIRNESS; SOCIAL WELFARE; TRANSFER RATE;

DECISION THEORY;

EID: 33645059717     PISSN: 00405833     EISSN: 15737187     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11238-005-4752-0     Document Type: Article

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