Cross-national gender differences in behavior in a threshold public goods game: Japan versus Canada

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 242-260

  Bram Cadsby, C ^a   Hamaguchi, Yasuyo ^b   Kawagoe, Toshiji ^c   Maynes, Elizabeth ^d   Song, Fei ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c FUTURE UNIVERSITY HAKODATE   (Japan)

^d YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Culture; Free riding; Gender; Public good; Relatedness

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847760607     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2006.06.009     Document Type: Article

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