The birth of impersonal exchange: The community responsibility system and impartial justice

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 221-236

  Greif, Avner ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33747644089     PISSN: 08953309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.20.2.221     Document Type: Review

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