Groups, cooperation and conflict in games

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-17

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

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY VIADRINA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conflict; Cooperation; Game harmony; Groups; Team reasoning

Indexed keywords

EID: 37748999733     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2006.12.023     Document Type: Article

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