Selfish-rational non-vaccination: Experimental evidence from an interactive vaccination game

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 131, Issue , 2016, Pages 183-195

  Böhm, Robert ^a   Betsch, Cornelia ^b   Korn, Lars ^b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Experiment; Health behavior; Social dilemma; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

EID: 84951941853     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2015.11.008     Document Type: Article

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