Why do diners tip: Rule-of-thumb or valuation of service?

Applied Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 1659-1665

  Bodvarsson, Örn B ^a   Luksetich, William A ^b   McDermott, Sherry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRODUCTIVITY; SERVICE PROVISION;

EID: 0345530741     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0003684032000126799     Document Type: Article

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