Confusion or fairness in the field? Rejections in the ultimatum game under the strategy method

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 37-54

  Bahry, Donna L ^a   Wilson, Rick K ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bargaining; Experiment; Strategy method; Ultimatum

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645848122     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2004.07.005     Document Type: Article

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