Concern for relative position, rank-order contests, and contributions to public goods
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relative position; status seeking; public goods; contests;All these keywords.
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- H41 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Public Goods
- D02 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Institutions: Design, Formation, Operations, and Impact
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