The Behavioral Tradeoff between Efficiency and Equity when a Majority Rules
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* Bolton: 310k Business Admin Building, Smeal College of Business, Penn State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA; [email protected]. Ockenfels: Max Planck Institute for Research into Economic Systems, Strategic Interaction Unit, Kahlaische Str. 10, D-07745 Jena, Germany; [email protected]. Ockenfels gratefully acknowledges financial support from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft through the Emmy Noether Program. 17 October 2002
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