Testing static game theory with dynamic experiments: A case study of public goods

Games and Economic Behavior

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Botelho, Anabela ^a   Harrison, Glenn W ^b   Pinto, Lígia M Costa ^a   Rutström, Elisabet E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Experiments; Game theory; Public goods

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651244214     PISSN: 08998256     EISSN: 10902473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geb.2008.11.013     Document Type: Article

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