Do I Really Want to Know? A cognitive dissonance-based explanation of other-regarding behavior

Games

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 114-135

  Matthey, Astrid ^a   Regner, Tobias ^a  

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

Author keywords

Cognitive dissonance; Experiments; Other regarding behavior; Social preferences

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861663021     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/g2010114     Document Type: Article

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