The Effect of $1, $5 and $10 Stakes in an Online Dictator Game

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Raihani, Nichola J ^a   Mace, Ruth ^a   Lamba, Shakti ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GAME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIA; MALE; MONEY; NORMAL HUMAN; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881535696     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0073131     Document Type: Article

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