The LL game: The curious preference for low quality and its norms

Politics, Philosophy and Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-23

  Gambetta, Diego ^a   Origgi, Gloria ^b  

^a NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

Italy; mediocrity; mutual connivance; opportunism; pro sociality; social norms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873476687     PISSN: 1470594X     EISSN: 17413060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1470594X11433740     Document Type: Review

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