Weighing third-party fairness, efficiency, and self-interest in resource allocation decisions

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 53-68

  Johansson, Lars Olof ^a   Gustafsson, Mathias ^a   Olsson, Lars ^a   Gärling, Tommy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Allocation decisions; Efficient resource use; Goal conflicts; Self interest; Social dilemma; Third party fairness

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845887701     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2006.01.007     Document Type: Article

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