The potential of social identity for equilibrium selection

American Economic Review

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2562-2589

  Chen, Roy ^a   Chen, Yan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 80054936720     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.101.6.2562     Document Type: Article

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