The impact of self-control depletion on social preferences in the ultimatum game

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 53, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-16

  Achtziger, Anja ^a   Alós Ferrer, Carlos ^b   Wagner, Alexander K ^b,c  

^a ZEPPELIN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Ego depletion; Self control; Social preferences; Ultimatum game

Indexed keywords

EID: 84954222751     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2015.12.005     Document Type: Article

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