The importance of emotions for the effectiveness of social punishment

Economic Journal

Volumn 119, Issue 540, 2009, Pages 1534-1559

  Hopfensitz, Astrid ^a   Reuben, Ernesto ^b  

^a TOULOUSE SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; LAW ENFORCEMENT; PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 70149117040     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2009.02288.x     Document Type: Article

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