Social norms and cooperation in real-life social dilemmas

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 458-472

  Thøgersen, John ^a  

^a AARHUS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

3000; 3900; 4070; C710; Descriptive norms; Environmental behaviour; Injunctive norms; Social dilemma; Social norms; Survey; Z130

Indexed keywords

EID: 47749123884     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2007.12.004     Document Type: Article

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