One bad apple? Heterogeneity and information in public good provision
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Public goods; Group composition; Cooperation; Social preference types; Heterogeneity; H41; C91;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H41 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Public Goods
- C91 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Individual Behavior
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