Is cooperation instinctive? Evidence from the response times in a public goods game

Journal of Bioeconomics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 123-133

  Lotito, Gianna ^a   Migheli, Matteo ^a   Ortona, Guido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Gender effect; Public goods experiments; Response times

Indexed keywords

GENDER RELATIONS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PUBLIC GOODS;

EID: 84879138265     PISSN: 13876996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10818-012-9141-5     Document Type: Article

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