The lab versus the virtual lab and virtual field-An experimental investigation of trust games with communication

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 716-724

  Fiedler, Marina ^a   Haruvy, Ernan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cheap talk; Communication; Cooperation; Experiments; Trust; Virtual worlds

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350619720     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2009.07.013     Document Type: Article

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