To be or not to be involved: A questionnaire-experimental view on Harsanyi's utilitarian ethics

Social Choice and Welfare

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 299-316

  Amiel, Yoram ^a   Cowell, Frank A ^b   Gaertner, Wulf ^c  

^a RUPPIN ACADEMIC CENTER   (Israel)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

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EID: 58149503630     PISSN: 01761714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00355-008-0324-x     Document Type: Article

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