Second thoughts on free riding

Economics Letters

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 136-139

  Nielsen, Ulrik H ^a   Tyran, Jean Robert ^a,b   Wengström, Erik ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Experiment; Free riding; Public goods; Response time

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889678315     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2013.11.021     Document Type: Article

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