On the (Lack of) Stability of Communes: An Economic Perspective

The Oxford Handbook of the Economics of Religion

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Abramitzky, Ran ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse selection; Brain drain; Communes; Cooperation; Equality; Ideology; Kibbutzim; Moral hazard; North America; Religion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923454946     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195390049.013.0009     Document Type: Chapter

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