Cheating in markets: A laboratory experiment

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 240-259

  Cassar, Alessandra ^a   Friedman, Daniel ^b   Schneider, Patricia Higino ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cheating; Frictions; Market experiment; Missing trade puzzle

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349468057     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2009.03.015     Document Type: Article

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