Strategic behavior and learning in repeated voluntary contribution experiments

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 67, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 782-793

  Muller, Laurent ^a   Sefton, Martin ^b   Steinberg, Richard ^c   Vesterlund, Lise ^d  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Experiment; Voluntary contributions

Indexed keywords

EID: 49049088149     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2007.09.001     Document Type: Article

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