Bad luck vs. self-inflicted neediness - An experimental investigation of gift giving in a solidarity game

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 517-526

  Trhal, Nadja ^a   Radermacher, Ralf ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b Micro Insurance Academy   (India)

Author keywords

Procedural utility; Responsibility; Self inflicted neediness; Solidarity game

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651070968     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2009.03.004     Document Type: Article

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