Do women supply more public goods than men? Preliminary experimental evidence from matrilineal and patriarchal societies

American Economic Review

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 376-381

  Andersen, Steffen ^a,b   Bulte, Erwin ^c,d   Gneezy, Uri ^e   List, John A ^b,f  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

^b CBER ^*

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 44949094376     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.98.2.376     Document Type: Conference Paper

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