Competition versus cooperation: Some experimental evidence

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 18-30

  Canegallo, Claudia ^a   Ortona, Guido ^a   Ottone, Stefania ^a   Ponzano, Ferruccio ^a   Scacciati, Francesco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Competition; Cooperation; Efficiency; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 37749052847     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2006.12.045     Document Type: Article

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