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Power comes with responsibility—or does it?

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  • Friedel Bolle
  • Claudia Vogel

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  • Friedel Bolle & Claudia Vogel, 2011. "Power comes with responsibility—or does it?," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 148(3), pages 459-470, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:pubcho:v:148:y:2011:i:3:p:459-470
    DOI: 10.1007/s11127-010-9665-y
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    Keywords

    Responsibility; Public Good game; Experiments; D61; H41;

    JEL classification:

    • D61 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Allocative Efficiency; Cost-Benefit Analysis
    • H41 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Public Goods

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