What policies increase prosocial behavior? An experiment with referees at the Journal of Public Economics

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 169-188

  Chetty, Raj ^a   Saez, Emmanuel ^b   ͆andor, László ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84907526488     PISSN: 08953309     EISSN: 19447965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.28.3.169     Document Type: Review

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