Men among men do not take norm enforcement seriously

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 523-529

  Boschini, Anne ^a   Muren, Astri ^a   Persson, Mats ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Gender; Group decisions; Punishment; Sequential prisoner's dilemma; Social norms

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052889190     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2011.04.001     Document Type: Article

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