Inducing Cooperative Behavior among Proselfs versus Prosocials: The Moderating Role of Incentives and Trust

Journal of Conflict Resolution

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 799-824

  Boone, Christophe ^a   Declerck, Carolyn ^a   Kiyonari, Toko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b AOYAMA GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

cooperation; game theory; social dilemma; social value orientation; trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956850852     PISSN: 00220027     EISSN: 15528766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022002710372329     Document Type: Article

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