Minimal social cues in the dictator game

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 358-367

  Rigdon, Mary ^a   Ishii, Keiko ^b   Watabe, Motoki ^c   Kitayama, Shinobu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

C91; D03; D64; Dictator game; Experimental economics; Generosity; Social cues; Social distance

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349185025     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2009.02.002     Document Type: Article

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