Charities, no; lotteries, no; cash, yes: Main effects and interactions in a Canadian incentives experiment

Public Opinion Quarterly

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 542-562

  Warriner, Keith ^a   Goyder, John ^c   Gjertsen, Heidi ^c   Hohner, Paula ^c   Mcspurren, Kathleen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b Decima Research   (Canada)

^c NONE

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EID: 0030329065     PISSN: 0033362X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/297772     Document Type: Article

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