Bidding to Commit

Economists and biologists have both theorized that individuals can benefit from committing to courses of action because it forces others to concede a greater share of any surpluses, but little experimental work has tested the actual benefits of such a strategy and people’s willingness to so “tie the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pat Barclay
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2017-02-01
Series:Evolutionary Psychology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1474704917690740