Moral psychology and economic game theory

International Journal of Developmental Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 206-220

  Gummerum, Michaela ^a   Keller, Monika ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Economics; Game theory; Moral development; Moral emotions

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013590178     PISSN: 2192001X     EISSN: 21917485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/DEV-2008-2302     Document Type: Article

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