Economic and sociological theories of individual charitable giving: Complementary or contradictory?

Voluntas

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 197-215

  Halfpenny, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Donations; Economic analysis; Individual giving; Philanthropy; Sociological analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010779185     PISSN: 09578765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021200916487     Document Type: Article

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