Group utility in the micro motivation of collective action: The case of membership in the AARP

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 301-320

  Gupta, Dipak K ^a   Hofstetter, C Richard ^a   Buss, Terry F ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective choice; Collective identity; Group utility; Public goods

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031067928     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0167-2681(96)00907-9     Document Type: Article

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