Moral emotions and partnership

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue , 2013, Pages 313-326

  Bracht, Jürgen ^a   Regner, Tobias ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b Growth and Public Policy   (Germany)

Author keywords

Experiments; Guilt; Pro social behaviour; Psychological game theory; Shame; Social preferences

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886809245     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2013.09.007     Document Type: Article

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