Communication and guilt in a prisoner's dilemma

Journal of Conflict Resolution

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 945-960

  Miettinen, Topi ^a   Suetens, Sigrid ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Experiments; Guilt; Preplay communication; Prisoner's dilemma

Indexed keywords

EID: 55349134905     PISSN: 00220027     EISSN: 15528766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022002708322325     Document Type: Review

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