Peer enforcement in CPR experiments: The relative effectiveness of sanctions and transfer rewards, and the role of behavioural types

Using Experimental Methods in Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 113-136

  Soest, Daan Van ^a   Vyrastekova, Jana ^a,b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84890684492     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781847203045.00011     Document Type: Chapter

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