Dynamics of social ties and local public good provision

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 323-341

  Van Dijk, Frans ^a   Van Winden, Frans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Local public goods; Social ties; Voluntary provision

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031161431     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(96)01620-9     Document Type: Article

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