What is fair? Experimental evidence

Southern Economic Journal

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 414-428

  Dickinson, David L ^a   Tiefenthaler, Jill ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0036805945     PISSN: 00384038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1061680     Document Type: Article

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