Asymmetric enforcement of cooperation in a social dilemma

Southern Economic Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 638-659

  Nikiforakis, Nikos ^c   Normann, Hans Theo ^a   Wallace, Brian ^b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

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EID: 76949091737     PISSN: 00384038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4284/sej.2010.76.3.638     Document Type: Article

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