A choice for 'me' or for 'us'? Using we-reasoning to predict cooperation and coordination in games

Theory and Decision

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 53-76

  Butler, David J ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Experiment; Hi Lo; Prisoner's Dilemma; We reasoning

Indexed keywords

COOPERATION AND COORDINATION; COST/BENEFIT RATIO; HI-LO; INDIVIDUAL CHOICE; PRISONER'S DILEMMA; SOCIAL LIFE; WE-REASONING;

GAME THEORY;

EXPERIMENTS;

EID: 84861982609     PISSN: 00405833     EISSN: 15737187     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11238-011-9270-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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