Growth and Inequality in Public Good Games
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- Gächter, Simon & Mengel, Friederike & Tsakas, Elias & Vostroknutov, Alexander, 2014. "Growth and Inequality in Public Good Games," IZA Discussion Papers 8504, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Gaechter, S. & Mengel, F. & Tsakas, E. & Vostroknutov, A., 2013. "Growth and inequality in public good games," Research Memorandum 070, Maastricht University, Graduate School of Business and Economics (GSBE).
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- C92 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Group Behavior
- H41 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Public Goods
- D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EXP-2014-11-07 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-GRO-2014-11-07 (Economic Growth)
- NEP-HPE-2014-11-07 (History & Philosophy of Economics)
- NEP-PUB-2014-11-07 (Public Finance)
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