Friend or foe? Cooperation and learning in high-stakes games

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 179-187

  Oberholzer Gee, Felix ^a   Waldfogel, Joel ^b   White, Matthew W ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 77955164264     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/rest.2009.10174     Document Type: Article

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