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Using “World Series Shares” to Fight Free Riding in Group Projects

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2013

Robert Maranto
Affiliation:
Federal Executive Institute
April Gresham
Affiliation:
Charlottesville, Virginia
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Copyright © The American Political Science Association 1998

Footnotes

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This work represents the views of the authors alone, and not those of the Federal Executive Institute, nor the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. We thank Kay Knickrehm for her assistance, but the usual caveats apply.

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