The Impact of Social Comparisons on Nonprofit Fund Raising

Research in Experimental Economics

Volumn 11, Issue , 2006, Pages 143-156

  Shang, Jen ^a   Croson, Rachel ^a  

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EID: 33645876176     PISSN: 01932306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0193-2306(06)11006-6     Document Type: Review

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