Does government regulation complement existing community efforts to support cooperation? Evidence from field experiments in Colombia

Handbook on experimental economics and the environment

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 346-366

  Lopez, Maria Claudia ^a   Murphy, James J ^b   Spraggon, John M ^c   Stranlund, John K ^c  

^a Epidemiologia pela Univ de Columbia   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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EID: 84881804064     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781781009079.00021     Document Type: Chapter

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