Who do we tip and why? An empirical investigation

Applied Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 1871-1879

  Azar, Ofer H ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL PROVISION; OCCUPATION;

EID: 24144455814     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840500119018     Document Type: Article

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