Reasons for cooperation and defection in real-world social dilemmas

Judgment and Decision Making

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 316-334

  Attari, Shahzeen Z ^a   Krantzt, David H ^b   Webert, Elke U ^b,c  

^a School of Public and Environmental Affairs   (United States)

^b Columbia University Department of Psychology and Center for Research on Environmental Decisions ^*  (United States)

^c The Sanford C Bernstein Co Center for Leadership and Ethics   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Self interest; Social dilemmas; Social norms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905174544     PISSN: 19302975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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