Value orientations, expectations and voluntary contributions in public goods

Economic Journal

Volumn 106, Issue 437, 1996, Pages 817-845

  Offerman, Theo ^a   Sonnemans, Joep ^a   Schram, Arthur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0001128733     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2235360     Document Type: Article

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