Gains, losses, and cooperation in social dilemmas and collective action: The effects of risk preferences

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• Useful suggestions and comments by Norman Braun, Hartmut Esser, Bernd Lahno, and Jeroen Weesie are gratefully acknowledged. Financial support was provided by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) under grant PGS 50–370.
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