The effects of time delay in reciprocity games

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue , 2013, Pages 20-35

  Neo, Wei Siong ^a   Yu, Michael ^a   Weber, Roberto A ^a,b   Gonzalez, Cleotilde ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Emotions; Game theory; Investment game; Reciprocity; Time delay; Ultimatum game

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871443744     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2012.11.001     Document Type: Article

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