Betrayal aversion: Evidence from Brazil, China, Oman, Switzerland, Turkey, and the United States

American Economic Review

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 294-310

  Bohnet, Iris ^a   Greig, Fiona ^a   Herrmann, Benedikt ^b   Zeckhauser, Richard ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 41849118441     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.98.1.294     Document Type: Article

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