Strategic reward and altruistic punishment support cooperation in a public goods game experiment

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue , 2013, Pages 17-30

  Choi, Jung Kyoo ^a   Ahn, T K ^b,c  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c not available   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Experiment; Motivation; Public goods game; Punishment; Reward

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874351290     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2013.01.001     Document Type: Article

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