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The role of risk aversion in public goods dilemmas with environmental uncertainty: an experimental analysis

Erdem SeçilmişDepartment of Public Finance, Hacettepe University, Ankara, TurkeyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 1434-1438 | Published online: 04 Feb 2019

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