Group membership, team preferences, and expectations

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 86, Issue , 2013, Pages 183-190

  Guala, Francesco ^a   Mittone, Luigi ^b   Ploner, Matteo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Experimental economics; Group identity; Social dilemmas; Team preferences

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873480308     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2012.12.003     Document Type: Article

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