Corporate profits and social responsibility: "subsidization" of corporate income under charitable giving tax laws

Journal of Economics and Business

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 401-421

  Webb, Natalie J ^a  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate giving; Corporate social responsibility; Nonprofit organizations; Nonprofit subsidization; Nonprofit tax laws

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009449180     PISSN: 00129933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0148-6195(96)00022-7     Document Type: Article

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