Why social preferences matter - The impact of non-selfish motives on competition, cooperation and incentives

Economic Journal

Volumn 112, Issue 478, 2002, Pages

  Fehr, Ernst ^a   Fischbacher, Urs ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COLLECTIVE ACTION; COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 0036222735     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0297.00027     Document Type: Article

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