Perceived harmony, similarity and cooperation in 2 × 2 games: An experimental study

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 365-386

  Zizzo, Daniel John ^a   Tan, Jonathan H W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY VIADRINA   (Germany)

Author keywords

2 2 games; Cooperation; Game harmony; Prisoner's Dilemma; Similarity

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248561404     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2006.06.008     Document Type: Article

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