Incentives and prosocial behavior

American Economic Review

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1652-1678

  Bénabou, Roland ^a,b   Tirole, Jean ^c,d  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH   (Canada)

^c Toulouse School of Economics   (France)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 33847671902     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.96.5.1652     Document Type: Article

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