The role of Social Value Orientation in response to an unfair offer in the Ultimatum Game

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 228-239

  Karagonlar, Gokhan ^a   Kuhlman, David M ^b  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Altruistic punishment; Cognition; Emotion regulation; Emotions; Social Value Orientation; Ultimatum Game; Unfairness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873617717     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2012.07.006     Document Type: Article

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