Stakes matter in ultimatum games

American Economic Review

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 3427-3439

  Andersen, Steffen ^a   Ertaç, Seda ^b   Gneezy, Uri ^c   Hoffman, Moshe ^c   List, John A ^d  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

^b KOÇ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 83755224380     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.101.7.3427     Document Type: Article

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