The effects of a recipient's gender in a modified dictator game

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 463-466

  Saad, Gad ^a   Gill, Tripat ^b  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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EID: 2442568952     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504850010005260     Document Type: Article

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