Implicit influences of Christian religious representations on dictator and prisoner's dilemma game decisions

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 242-246

  Ahmed, Ali M ^a,b   Salas, Osvaldo ^c  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dictator game; Priming; Prisoner's dilemma game; Religion

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955483143     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2010.12.013     Document Type: Article

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