Vigilant Self-regulation and Costly Punishment in Public Goods Situations

European Journal of Personality

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 346-354

  Pfattheicher, Stefan ^a   Keller, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behavioural inhibition; Costly punishment; Prevention focus; Public goods game; Regulatory focus; Social dilemma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881314474     PISSN: 08902070     EISSN: 10990984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/per.1909     Document Type: Article

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