Cheating in mind games: The subtlety of rules matters

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 93, Issue , 2013, Pages 328-336

  Jiang, Ting ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cheating; Decision time; Mind game; Moral image; Rule design

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884416152     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2013.04.003     Document Type: Article

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