Experiments in economics : playing fair with money /
Ananish Chaudhuri.
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2009.
- xviii, 249 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-241) and index.
Part 1: Introduction, Part 2: The ultimatum game, Part 3: Trust and trustworthiness, Part 4: Cooperation in social dilemmas, Part 5: I will if you will: resolving coordination problems in organizations, Part 6: Epilogue: further economic implications of fairness and trust
Why do we often willingly trust strangers or cooperate with them even if those actions leave us vulnerable to exploitation? This book describes the economic experiments that explore notions of fairness, altruism and trust in economic transactions. It is suitable for students in organizational behaviour and management.
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Economics--Psychological aspects. Economics--Moral and ethical aspects. Fairness. Economía --Aspectos sociológicos. Economía--Aspectos morales.