Public goods, social pressure, and the choice between privacy and publicity

American Economic Journal: Microeconomics

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 191-221

  Daughety, Andrew F ^a   Reinganum, Jennifer F ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85017139746     PISSN: 19457669     EISSN: 19457685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/mic.2.2.191     Document Type: Article

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