Conflict and coordination in the provision of public goods: A conceptual analysis of continuous and step-level games

Personality and Social Psychology Review

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 385-401

  Abele, Susanne ^a   Stasser, Garold ^a   Chartier, Christopher ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict; Coordination; Interdependence Theory; Public Good Games; Social Dilemma

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957284798     PISSN: 10888683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1088868310368535     Document Type: Article

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