Cooperation or Competition? A Field Experiment on Non-monetary Learning Incentives
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2194-6108,1935-1682
DOI: 10.1515/bejeap-2014-0109