Embedding social dilemmas in intergroup competition reduces free-riding

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 184-199

  Gunnthorsdottir, Anna ^a   Rapoport, Amnon ^b,c  

^a Australian Graduate School of Management   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Experiment; Intergroup competition; Multi level interaction; Public goods provision

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751210923     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2005.08.005     Document Type: Article

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