Self-image and moral balancing: An experimental analysis

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 93, Issue , 2013, Pages 374-383

  Ploner, Matteo ^b   Regner, Tobias ^a  

^a Growth and Public Policy   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dictator game; Experiments; Honesty; Moral balancing; Self image

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884414143     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2013.03.030     Document Type: Article

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