Equality as a benchmark for third-party punishment and reward: The moderating role of uncertainty in social dilemmas

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 251-259

  de Kwaadsteniet, Erik W ^a   Rijkhoff, Sanne A M ^b   van Dijk, Eric ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Emotion; Equality; Punishment; Reward; Sanction; Social dilemma; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873623983     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2012.06.007     Document Type: Article

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