Competitive work environments and social preferences: Field experimental evidence from a Japanese fishing community

Contributions to Economic Analysis and Policy

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 23-47

  Carpenter, Jeffrey P ^a   Seki, Erika ^b  

^a MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competition; Cooperation; Field experiment; Fishing; Japan; Social disapproval; Social preference

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645294613     PISSN: 15380645     EISSN: 15380645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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