Promoting cooperation in the field

Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue , 2015, Pages 96-101

  Kraft Todd, Gordon ^a   Yoeli, Erez ^b   Bhanot, Syon ^c   Rand, David ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; COOPERATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FIELD EXPERIMENT; HUMAN; OBSERVATION; POLICY; REVIEW; REWARD; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 84924709462     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23521546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cobeha.2015.02.006     Document Type: Review

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