Imperfect public monitoring with costly punishment: An experimental study

American Economic Review

Volumn 102, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 3317-3332

  Ambrus, Attila ^a   Greiner, Ben ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 84873299446     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.102.7.3317     Document Type: Article

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