Public goods provision and sanctioning in privileged groups

Journal of Conflict Resolution

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 72-93

  Reuben, Ernesto ^a   Riedl, Arno ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Collective action; Cooperation; Privileged groups; Public goods; Punishment

Indexed keywords

EID: 58249123745     PISSN: 00220027     EISSN: 15528766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022002708322361     Document Type: Article

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