Pre-commitment and personality: Behavioral explanations in ultimatum games

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 66, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 597-605

  Schmitt, Pamela ^a   Shupp, Robert ^b   Swope, Kurtis ^a   Mayer, Justin ^a  

^a UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Minimum acceptable offer; Personality; Ultimatum game

Indexed keywords

EID: 42649125590     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2006.08.002     Document Type: Article

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