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Analysing Group Contract Design Using a Lab and a Lab-in-the-Field Threshold Public Good Experiment

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  • Bouma, J.A.

    (Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management)

  • Nguyen, Binh

    (Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management)

  • van der Heijden, Eline

    (Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management)

  • Dijk, J.J.

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  • Bouma, J.A. & Nguyen, Binh & van der Heijden, Eline & Dijk, J.J., 2018. "Analysing Group Contract Design Using a Lab and a Lab-in-the-Field Threshold Public Good Experiment," Other publications TiSEM 34e2dea1-dc21-4a44-b43f-2, Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management.
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