Understanding social preferences with simple tests

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 817-869

  Charness, Gary ^a   Rabin, Matthew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0036704136     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003355302760193904     Document Type: Article

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