The effect of social fragmentation on public good provision: An experimental study

Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics

Volumn 53, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-9

  Chakravarty, Surajeet ^a   Fonseca, Miguel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Experiments; Public goods; Social fragmentation; Social identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922631738     PISSN: 22148043     EISSN: 22148051     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2014.07.002     Document Type: Article

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