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Effect of reciprocity on public opinion of international climate treaties: experimental evidence from the US and China

Paul StroikDepartment of Economics, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, USA
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D. ChakrabortyDepartment of Economics, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
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W. GeCollege of Economics and Management, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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J. BoulterDepartment of Chemistry and Watershed Institute for Collaborative Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI, USA
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E. JamelskeDepartment of Economics, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI, USA
Pages 959-973 | Received 18 Aug 2018, Accepted 30 Apr 2019, Published online: 04 Jun 2019

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