Personal identity: A theoretical and experimental analysis

Journal of Economic Methodology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 261-275

  Aguiar, Fernando ^a   Brañas Garza, Pablo ^b   Espinosa, Maria Paz ^c   Miller, Luis M ^d  

^a Associated Unit to CSIC by IESA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^d NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dictator game; Experiments; Game theory; Personal identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957067379     PISSN: 1350178X     EISSN: 14699427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501781003792670     Document Type: Article

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