Can contract theory explain social preferences?

American Economic Review

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 187-192

  MacLeod, W Bentley ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

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EID: 34547369550     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.97.2.187     Document Type: Conference Paper

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