Promises and cooperation: Evidence from a TV game show

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 396-405

  Belot, Michèle ^a   Bhaskar, V ^b   van de Ven, Jeroen ^c  

^a NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cheap talk; Communication; Cooperation; Promises

Indexed keywords

EID: 77249094463     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2010.01.001     Document Type: Article

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