The impact of social approval and framing on cooperation in public good situations

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 88, Issue 7-8, 2004, Pages 1625-1644

  Rege, Mari ^a   Telle, Kjetil ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Framing; Public good; Social approval; Social norms

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347129551     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(03)00021-5     Document Type: Article

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