Does framing matter for conditional cooperation? Evidence from a natural field experiment

Contributions to Economic Analysis and Policy

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 1-21

  Meier, Stephan ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Charitable Giving; Field Experiment; Framing; Gender; Social Comparison

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645294002     PISSN: 15380645     EISSN: 15380645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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