The price of virtue

Public Choice

Volumn 98, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 111-129

  Brinig, Margaret F ^a   Buckley, F H ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0033483739     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1026488913666     Document Type: Article

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