On the near miss in public good dilemmas: How upward counterfactuals influence group stability when the group fails

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 139-146

  De Cremer, David ^a   van Dijk, Eric ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Counterfactuals; Exit; Near miss effect; Negative affect; Public good dilemmas

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650033574     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2010.09.006     Document Type: Article

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