On social utility payoffs in games: A methodological comparison between Behavioural and Rational Game Theory

Theory and Decision

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 587-598

  Zarri, Luca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Behavioural Game Theory; Economic methodology; Experimental economics; Revealed preferences; Social utility payoffs

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOURAL GAME THEORY; ECONOMIC METHODOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL ECONOMICS; REVEALED PREFERENCE; SOCIAL UTILITY;

GAME THEORY;

EID: 78049357778     PISSN: 00405833     EISSN: 15737187     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11238-009-9146-2     Document Type: Article

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