Reward structures in public good experiments

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 263-287

  Sefton, Martin ^a   Steinberg, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Altruism; Experimental economics; Public goods; Voluntary donations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030211035     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0047-2727(95)01534-5     Document Type: Article

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