The coordination value of monetary exchange: Experimental evidence

American Economic Journal: Microeconomics

Volumn 6, Issue 1 D, 2014, Pages 290-314

  Camera, Gabriele ^a   Casari, Marco ^b  

^a CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

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EID: 84894044295     PISSN: 19457669     EISSN: 19457685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/mic.6.1.290     Document Type: Article

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