Paying to Be Nice: Consistency and Costly Prosocial Behavior

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• Publication year

  2011

• Venue

  Management Sciences

• Publication date

  2011-07-15

• Fields of study

  Computer Science, Economics, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1287/mnsc.1110.1437
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