Inequality aversion in a variety of games - An indirect evolutionary analysis

Economic Journal

Volumn 116, Issue 514, 2006, Pages 1037-1056

  Güth, Werner ^a   Napel, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

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ANALYTICAL METHOD; GAME THEORY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 33751052951     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2006.01122.x     Document Type: Article

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