Social Comparisons and Pro-social Behavior: Testing “Conditional Cooperation” in a Field Experiment
American Economic ReviewPublished 1 December 2004Open access
Bruno S. Frey, Stephan Meier
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Social Comparisons and Pro-social Behavior: Testing "Conditional Cooperation" in a Field Experiment by Bruno S. Frey and Stephan Meier. Published in volume 94, issue 5, pages 1717-1722 of American Economic Review, December 2004
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