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Group size and the free-rider hypothesis: A re-examination of old evidence from churches: Reply to Zaleski and Zech

✍ Scribed by Jody W. Lipford

Publisher: Springer US
Year: 1996
Tongue: English
Weight: 182 KB
Volume: 88
Category: Article
ISSN: 0048-5829
DOI: 10.1007/bf00153242

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✦ Synopsis

This paper replies to the comment by Zaleski and Zech on my paper, in which I examined the relationship between free riding and group size. In this reply, I demonstrate that my original estimate is not misspecified because of a scaling problem and argue that the effects of any omitted variables are likely minor, if present.

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