Chapter 55 Testing Theories of Other-regarding Behavior: A Sequence of Four Laboratory Studies

Handbook of Experimental Economics Results

Volumn 1, Issue C, 2008, Pages 488-499

  Bolton, Gary E ^a   Brandts, Jordi ^b   Katok, Elena ^c   Ockenfels, Axel ^d   Zwick, Rami ^e  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Barcelona)   (Spain)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE SCIENCE OF HUMAN HISTORY   (Germany)

^e HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 77953917182     PISSN: 15740722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1574-0722(07)00055-8     Document Type: Review

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