On inequity aversion: A reply to Binmore and Shaked

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 101-108

  Fehr, Ernst ^a   Schmidt, Klaus M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Experiments; Inequity aversion; Other regarding preferences

Indexed keywords

EID: 72949114325     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2009.12.001     Document Type: Note

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