Are private transfers altruistically motivated? The case of the Republic of Korea before and during the financial crisis

Developing Economies

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 484-501

  Kang, Sung Jin ^a   Sawada, Yasuyuki ^b  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; FINANCIAL CRISIS; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; SOCIAL SECURITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 0842312532     PISSN: 00121533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1049.2003.tb01012.x     Document Type: Article

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