Dynamic volunteer's dilemmas over a finite horizon: An experimental study

Journal of Conflict Resolution

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 961-984

  Otsubo, Hironori ^a   Rapoport, Amnon ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE SCIENCE OF HUMAN HISTORY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic volunteer's dilemma; Equilibrium; Experiment; Social dilemmas

Indexed keywords

EID: 55349128928     PISSN: 00220027     EISSN: 15528766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022002708321401     Document Type: Article

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