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Fairness and retaliation in a rural Nigerian village

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  • Iorgulescu, Raluca
  • Onyeiwu, Stephen

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  • Gowdy, John & Iorgulescu, Raluca & Onyeiwu, Stephen, 2003. "Fairness and retaliation in a rural Nigerian village," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 52(4), pages 469-479, December.
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