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Transfers and the effect of monitoring in an overlapping-generations experiment

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  • van der Heijden, E. C. M.
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  • Potters, J. J. M.
  • Verbon, H. A. A.

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  • van der Heijden, E. C. M. & Nelissen, J. H. M. & Potters, J. J. M. & Verbon, H. A. A., 1998. "Transfers and the effect of monitoring in an overlapping-generations experiment," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 42(7), pages 1363-1391, July.
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