Group cooperation under uncertainty

Journal of Risk and Uncertainty

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 251-270

  Gong, Min ^a   Baron, Jonathan ^b   Kunreuther, Howard ^c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Experimental economics; Group decision; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 71449124521     PISSN: 08955646     EISSN: 15730476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11166-009-9080-2     Document Type: Article

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