Group reputations, stereotypes, and cooperation in a repeated labor market

American Economic Review

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1751-1773

  Healy, Paul J ^a,b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 38149095034     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.97.5.1751     Document Type: Article

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