Sharing, discounting, and selfishness: A Japanese-american comparison

Psychological Record

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 59-76

  Ito, Masato ^a   Saeki, Daisuke ^b   Green, Leonard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cross societal comparison; One shot dilemma games; Questionnaires; Selfishness; Sharing; Social discounting

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951909920     PISSN: 00332933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03395746     Document Type: Article

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