Group norms, physical distance, and ecological efficiency in common pool resource management

Social Influence

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 112-135

  Brucks, Wernher M ^a   Reips, Ulf Dietrich ^a   Ryf, Bettina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Conservation; Cooperation; Ecological behaviour; Internet based experiment; Social dilemma; Social influence; Social norms

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447279237     PISSN: 15534510     EISSN: 15534529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15534510701193436     Document Type: Article

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