Fairness crowded out by law: An experimental study on withdrawal rights

Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 84-101

  Borges, Georg ^a   Irlenbusch, Bernd ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34247555866     PISSN: 09324569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1628/093245607780181937     Document Type: Article

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