Volunteering a public service: An experimental investigation

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 88, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2839-2855

  Bilodeau, Marc ^a   Childs, Jason ^b   Mestelman, Stuart ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Best shot; Experiments; Public good; Subgame perfection

Indexed keywords

EID: 4444337345     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2004.02.001     Document Type: Article

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