A sociological perspective on measuring social norms by means of strategy method experiments

Social Science Research

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1181-1194

  Rauhut, Heiko ^a   Winter, Fabian ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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

Author keywords

Factorial surveys; Measurement; Social norms; Strategy method; Ultimatum game

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958476814     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2010.06.009     Document Type: Article

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