Hierarchy, coercion, and exploitation: An experimental analysis

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 97, Issue , 2014, Pages 155-168

  Nikiforakis, Nikos ^a,b,c   Oechssler, Jörg ^d   Shah, Anwar ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON COLLECTIVE GOODS   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^e QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Coercion; Disobedience; Exploitation; Hierarchy; Social norms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891737609     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2013.06.008     Document Type: Article

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