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Young children’s fairness judgements on the distribution of rewards and responsibilities: allocation patterns and consistencies across two kinds of distribution

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Pages 1051-1062 | Received 15 Mar 2017, Accepted 28 Jul 2017, Published online: 13 Aug 2017

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