Pro-social behavior in a natural setting

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 65-88

  Frey, Bruno S ^a,b   Meier, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b CREMA CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN ECONOMICS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Donation; Identification; Pro social behavior; Public Goods

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842812570     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2003.10.001     Document Type: Article

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