An experimental test of the crowding out hypothesis: The nature of beneficent behavior

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 315-331

  Bolton, Gary E ^a   Katok, Elena ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

C72; C91; Crowding out; Experiment; H30; H41; Public goods

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000657608     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0167-2681(98)00091-2     Document Type: Article

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