Moral emotions as determinants of third-party punishment: Anger, guilt, and the functions of altruistic sanctions

Judgment and Decision Making

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 543-553

  Nelissen, Rob M A ^a   Zeelenberg, Marcel ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Decision making; Emotions; Social norms; Third party punishment

Indexed keywords

EID: 73149115052     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19302975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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