Optimal policies and socially oriented behavior: Some problematic effects of an incentive compatible device

Public Choice

Volumn 117, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 273-293

  Frohlich, Norman ^a   Oppenheimer, Joe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 4143142104     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/b:puch.0000003732.89364.ea     Document Type: Conference Paper

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