Conditional cooperation and group size: experimental evidence from a public good game
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Conditional cooperation; Public goods; Strategy method; Group size;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C9 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments
- H41 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Public Goods
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