Fairness and intentionality in children's decision-making

International Review of Economics

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 269-288

  Castelli, Ilaria ^a   Massaro, Davide ^a   Sanfey, Alan G ^b   Marchetti, Antonella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Development; Fairness; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956929652     PISSN: 18651704     EISSN: 18634613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12232-010-0101-x     Document Type: Article

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