Parental background and other-regarding preferences in children

Experimental Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 24-46

  Bauer, Michal ^a   Chytilová, Julie ^a   Pertold Gebicka, Barbara ^a,b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Altruism; Children; Family background; Field experiment; Other regarding preferences; Selfishness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84895907301     PISSN: 13864157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10683-013-9355-y     Document Type: Article

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