Rewards and sanctions and the provision of public goods in one-shot settings

Experimental Economics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 235-247

  Walker, James M ^a   Halloran, Matthew A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

public goods; rewards; sanctions

Indexed keywords

EID: 4544283094     PISSN: 13864157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EXEC.0000040559.08652.51     Document Type: Article

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