Is generosity involuntary?

Economics Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 32-37

  Broberg, Tomas ^a   Ellingsen, Tore ^b   Johannesson, Magnus ^b  

^a Actagon AB   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dictator game; Exit option; Generosity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845498100     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2006.07.006     Document Type: Article

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