Being of two minds: Ultimatum offers under cognitive constraints

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 940-950

  Cappelletti, Dominique ^a   Güth, Werner ^b   Ploner, Matteo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE SCIENCE OF HUMAN HISTORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive load; Dual system theories; Experimental economics; Time pressure; Ultimatum Game

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052822973     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2011.08.001     Document Type: Article

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