Everyone Is a Winner: Promoting Cooperation through Non-Rival Intergroup Competition

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Everyone Is a Winner : Promoting Cooperation through Non-Rival Intergroup Competition. / Reuben, Ernesto; Tyran, Jean-Robert.

Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen, 2008.

Publikation: Working paper › Forskning

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Reuben, E & Tyran, J-R 2008 'Everyone Is a Winner: Promoting Cooperation through Non-Rival Intergroup Competition' Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen. <https://www.econ.ku.dk/english/research/publications/wp/2008/0826.pdf>

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Reuben, E., & Tyran, J-R. (2008). Everyone Is a Winner: Promoting Cooperation through Non-Rival Intergroup Competition. Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen. https://www.econ.ku.dk/english/research/publications/wp/2008/0826.pdf

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Reuben E, Tyran J-R. Everyone Is a Winner: Promoting Cooperation through Non-Rival Intergroup Competition. Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen. 2008.

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Reuben, Ernesto ; Tyran, Jean-Robert. / Everyone Is a Winner : Promoting Cooperation through Non-Rival Intergroup Competition. Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen, 2008.

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