Do charitable donors know enough - And care enough - About government subsidies to affect private giving to nonprofit organizations?

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 136-149

  Horne, Christopher S ^a   Johnson, Janet L ^b   Van Slyke, David M ^c,d  

^a KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Charitable giving; Economic assumptions; Subsidies; Survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 14544271429     PISSN: 08997640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0899764004272192     Document Type: Review

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