Leading with(out) sacrifice? A public-goods experiment with a privileged player

Economic Inquiry

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 591-597

  Glöckner, Andreas ^a   Irlenbusch, Bernd ^b   Kube, Sebastian ^c   Nicklisch, Andreas ^a   Normann, Hans Theo ^d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON COLLECTIVE GOODS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods ^*  (Germany)

^d HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 79952719026     PISSN: 00952583     EISSN: 14657295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7295.2010.00314.x     Document Type: Article

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