Social norms and economic incentives in the welfare state

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-35

  Lindbeck, Assae ^a   Nyberg, Sten ^a   Weibull, Jörgen W ^a  

^a NONE

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EID: 0001908308     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003355399555936     Document Type: Article

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