What you don't know won't hurt you: A laboratory analysis of betrayal aversion

Experimental Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 571-588

  Aimone, Jason A ^a   Houser, Daniel ^b  

^a VIRGINIA TECH CARILION SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Betrayal aversion; Emotion regulation; Risk; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868509480     PISSN: 13864157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10683-012-9314-z     Document Type: Article

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