Does social exchange increase voluntary cooperation?

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Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 541-554

  Gächter, Simon ^a,b   Fehr, Ernst ^a,b   Kment, Christiane ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

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EID: 0347493231     PISSN: 00235962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6435.1996.tb02073.x     Document Type: Article

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