Fairness, errors and the power of competition

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 527-545

  Fischbacher, Urs ^a   Fong, Christina M ^b   Fehr, Ernst ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Competition; Fairness; Quantal response equilibrium; Reciprocity

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349448666     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2009.05.021     Document Type: Article

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