The Generosity Game and calibration of inequity aversion

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 155-157

  Güth, Werner ^a  

^a Institute of Economics   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dictator Game; Efficiency; Generosity Game; Inequity aversion; Random pie mechanism; Ultimatum Game

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951093455     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2009.10.012     Document Type: Article

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