On modeling voluntary contributions to public goods

Public Finance Review

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 311-332

  Cox, James C ^a   Sadiraj, Vjollca ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Experiments; Public goods; Social preferences; Voluntary contributions

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847043133     PISSN: 10911421     EISSN: 15527530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1091142106295756     Document Type: Article

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