Cooperation among strangers under the shadow of the future

American Economic Review

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 979-1005

  Camera, Gabriele ^a   Casari, Marco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 67349238872     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.99.3.979     Document Type: Article

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