Morals as an incentive? A field study on honour based flower picking

European Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 79-97

  Schlüter, Achim ^a,b   Vollan, Bjoern ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR TROPICAL MARINE RESEARCH ZMT   (Germany)

^b JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

flower picking; moral behaviour; trust game; voluntary contribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952388705     PISSN: 01651587     EISSN: 14643618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/erae/jbq045     Document Type: Article

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