Voting on Punishment Systems within a Heterogeneous Group

Journal of Public Economic Theory

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 661-693

  Noussair, Charles N ^a   Tan, Fangfang ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 80053227273     PISSN: 10973923     EISSN: 14679779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9779.2011.01516.x     Document Type: Article

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