Can willingness to pay capture the value of altruism? An exploration of Sen's notion of commitment

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 647-660

  Shiell, Alan ^a,b   Rush, Bonnie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Altruism; Commitment; Qualitative methods; Sympathy; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

EID: 0842325177     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2003.10.003     Document Type: Article

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