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ERIC Number: EJ642000
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-0036-8733
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The Economics of Fair Play.
Sigmund, Karl; Fehr, Ernst; Nowak, Martin A.
Scientific American, v286 n1 p82-87 Jan 2002
Reports on the field of experimental economics and speculates about why we value fairness and cooperation over the seemingly more rational selfishness. Illustrates a typical decision making situation using the Ultimatum game. (DDR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Decision Making, Economic Research, Epistemology, Futures (of Society), Higher Education, Knowledge Representation, Postsecondary Education, Science and Society
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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