Beliefs and ingroup favoritism

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 108, Issue , 2014, Pages 453-462

  Ockenfels, Axel ^a   Werner, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dictator game; Expectations; Group identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84916604892     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2013.12.003     Document Type: Article

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