Altruism and fairness in experimental decisions

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 101-109

  Kohler, Stefan ^a,b  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behavioral game theory; Efficiency; Inequality aversion; Other regarding preferences; Social preferences; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052742086     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2011.02.014     Document Type: Article

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