Delay, probability, and social discounting in a public goods game

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-73

  Jones, Bryan A ^a   Rachlin, Howard ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Altruism; Cooperation; Delay discounting; Humans; Probability discounting; Public goods game; Risk taking; Self control; Social discounting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ALTRUISM; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64849108422     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.2009.91-61     Document Type: Article

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