Are smarter groups more cooperative? Evidence from prisoner's dilemma experiments, 1959-2003

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 68, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 489-497

  Jones, Garett ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive ability; Cooperation; Intelligence; IQ; Prisoner's dilemma

Indexed keywords

EID: 56249086434     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2008.06.010     Document Type: Article

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