Altruistic behavior in a representative dictator experiment

Experimental Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 282-298

  Carpenter, Jeffrey ^a   Connolly, Cristina ^a   Myers, Caitlin Knowles ^a  

^a MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Altruism; Dictator game; Field experiment; Representativeness

Indexed keywords

EID: 49249088661     PISSN: 13864157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10683-007-9193-x     Document Type: Article

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