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Authors and Affiliations

1. Max-Planck-Institute for Research on Collective Goods, 53113, Bonn, Germany

   Christoph Engels

2. Machine Learning Group, Technische Universität Berlin, 10623, Berlin, Germany

   Lorenz Linhardt

3. Berlin Institute for the Foundations of Learning and Data – BIFOLD, 10586, Berlin, Germany

   Lorenz Linhardt

4. Max-Planck-Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Bonn, Germany

   Marcel Schubert

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Christoph Engels.

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