Asset markets and equilibrium selection in public goods games with provision points: An experimental study

Economic Inquiry

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 574-591

  Broseta, Bruno ^a   Fatas, Enrique ^b   Neugebauer, Tibor ^c  

^a Red Inst Tecn Comunidad Valenciana   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

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EID: 0242350933     PISSN: 00952583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ei/cbg029     Document Type: Article

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