Social preferences in the online laboratory: a randomized experiment

Experimental Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 251-283

  Hergueux, Jérôme ^a,b,c   Jacquemet, Nicolas ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b SCIENCES PO   (France)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LOUIS PASTEUR   (France)

^e PARIS SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

Author keywords

Field experiment; Internet; Methodology; Randomized assignment; Social experiment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939884283     PISSN: 13864157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10683-014-9400-5     Document Type: Article

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