Fair is Fine, but More is Better: Limits to Inequity Aversion in the Domestic Dog

Social Justice Research

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 195-212

  Horowitz, Alexandra ^a  

^a Barnard College of Columbia University   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic dog; Experimental design; Fairness; Inequity aversion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861681842     PISSN: 08857466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11211-012-0158-7     Document Type: Article

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