Inequity aversion and advantage seeking with asymmetric competition

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 86, Issue , 2013, Pages 121-136

  Cox, Caleb A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral economics; Competition; Experiments; Fairness; Ultimatum game

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873425386     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2012.12.020     Document Type: Article

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