Unintended Consequences of Field Experiments in Poverty Settings

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Unintended Consequences of Field Experiments in Poverty Settings. / Brüning, Tabea; Weiss, Tim.
In: Academy of Management Proceedings, Vol. 2024, No. 1, 01.08.2024.

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Brüning T, Weiss T. Unintended Consequences of Field Experiments in Poverty Settings. Academy of Management Proceedings. 2024 Aug 1;2024(1). doi: 10.5465/AMPROC.2024.18559abstract

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