Behavior under extreme conditions: The titanic disaster

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 209-222

  Frey, Bruno S ^a,b,c   Savage, David A ^d   Torgler, Benno ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c CREMA CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN ECONOMICS   (Switzerland)

^d NONE

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EID: 79951805617     PISSN: None     EISSN: 08953309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.25.1.209     Document Type: Article

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