Adding exchange to charity: A reference price explanation

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-30

  Briers, Barbara ^a   Pandelaere, Mario ^a   Warlop, Luk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anchor; Donation behavior; Exchange; Fund raising; Reference price

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845873608     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2005.12.001     Document Type: Article

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