The communication of anger and disappointment helps to establish cooperation through indirect reciprocity

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 489-501

  Wubben, Maarten J J ^a   Cremer, David De ^a,b   Dijk, Eric van ^c  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

3020; Anger; C71; Disappointment; Expressed emotion; Reciprocity; Reputation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956049808     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2011.03.016     Document Type: Article

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