Cross-racial envy and underinvestment in South African partnerships

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 703-724

  Haile, Daniel ^a   Sadrieh, Abdolkarim ^b   Verbon, Harrie A A ^c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Ethnic diversity; Income inequality; Trust game

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FLOW; ETHNIC GROUP; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INVESTMENT; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; RACIAL IDENTITY;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 51349147723     PISSN: 0309166X     EISSN: 14643545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cje/ben011     Document Type: Article

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