Which hat to wear? Impact of natural identities on coordination and cooperation

Games and Economic Behavior

Volumn 84, Issue , 2014, Pages 58-86

  Chen, Yan ^a   Li, Sherry Xin ^b   Liu, Tracy Xiao ^c   Shih, Margaret ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; Experiment; Minimum effort game; Prisoner's dilemma; Social identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892957494     PISSN: 08998256     EISSN: 10902473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geb.2013.12.002     Document Type: Article

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