COMMUNICATION and FREE-RIDING BEHAVIOR: THE VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION MECHANISM
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عنوان ژورنال: Economic Inquiry
سال: 1988
ISSN: 0095-2583,1465-7295
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7295.1988.tb01519.x