Gender differences in cooperation with group membership

Games and Economic Behavior

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 77-85

  Charness, Gary ^a   Rustichini, Aldo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Gender differences; Group membership

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953330786     PISSN: 08998256     EISSN: 10902473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geb.2010.07.006     Document Type: Article

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