Economic games: A performance-based assessment of fairness and altruism

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 178-192

  Baumert, Anna ^a,b   Schlösser, Thomas ^c   Schmitt, Manfred ^a  

^a Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Altruistic compensation; Altruistic punishment; Dictator game; Factor analysis; Objective personality tests; Reliability; Social preferences; Ultimatum game; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921001724     PISSN: 10155759     EISSN: 21512426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1015-5759/a000183     Document Type: Article

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