Behaving as expected: Public information and fairness norms

Journal of Behavioral Decision Making

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 161-178

  Bicchieri, Cristina ^a   Chavez, Alex ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Fairness; Game theory; Normative expectations; Social norms

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950177897     PISSN: 08943257     EISSN: 10990771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdm.648     Document Type: Article

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