Do lab experiments misrepresent social preferences? The case of self-selected student samples

Journal of the European Economic Association

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 839-852

  Falk, Armin ^a   Meier, Stephan ^b   Zehnder, Christian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84880705939     PISSN: 15424766     EISSN: 15424774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeea.12019     Document Type: Article

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