The brain as the original accounting institution

Accounting Review

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1703-1712

  Dickhaut, John ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complexity; Neuronal activation; Reciprocity; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 73349093708     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr.2009.84.6.1703     Document Type: Article

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