Preschoolers' allocations in the dictator game: The role of moral emotions

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 25-34

  Gummerum, Michaela ^a   Hanoch, Yaniv ^a   Keller, Monika ^b   Parsons, Katie ^a   Hummel, Alegra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Children; Dictator game; Moral emotions

Indexed keywords

EID: 74149093051     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2009.09.002     Document Type: Article

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