Unbounded indirect reciprocity: Is reputation-based cooperation bounded by group membership?

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 71, Issue , 2017, Pages 59-67

  Romano, Angelo ^a,b   Balliet, Daniel ^b   Wu, Junhui ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Indirect reciprocity; Ingroup favoritism; Reputation; Social identity

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INTERGROUP BIAS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 85014848369     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2017.02.008     Document Type: Article

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