Are conditional cooperators willing to forgo efficiency gains? Evidence from a public goods experiment

New Zealand Economic Papers

Volumn 45, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 47-57

  Levati, M Vittoria ^a   Ploner, Matteo ^b   Traub, Stefan ^c  

^a Growth and Public Policy   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conditional cooperation; Efficiency; Fairness; Public goods experiments; Social values

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957840742     PISSN: 00779954     EISSN: 19434863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00779954.2011.556069     Document Type: Article

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