Economic efficiency and ethics

Economist

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 127-149

  Van De Klundert, Theo ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Evolution; Institutions; Social norms

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000588352     PISSN: 0013063X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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