Cooperation stability: A representative sample in the lab

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Cooperation stability : A representative sample in the lab. / Fosgaard, Toke Reinholt.

Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen, 2018.

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Fosgaard, T. R. (2018). Cooperation stability: A representative sample in the lab. Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen. IFRO Working Paper No. 2018/08

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Fosgaard TR. Cooperation stability: A representative sample in the lab. Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen. 2018.

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Fosgaard, Toke Reinholt. / Cooperation stability : A representative sample in the lab. Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen, 2018. (IFRO Working Paper; No. 2018/08).

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