Ostracism and fines in a public goods game with accidental contributions: The importance of punishment type

Judgment and Decision Making

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 523-547

  Liddell, Torrin M ^a   Kruschke, John K ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Intention; Ostracism; Outcome bias; Public goods game; Punishment; Trembling hand

Indexed keywords

EID: 84913588539     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19302975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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