Trust as a signal of a social norm and the hidden costs of incentive schemes

American Economic Review

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 999-1012

  Sliwka, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

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EID: 34547305770     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.97.3.999     Document Type: Review

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