Faith-based charity and crowd-out during the great depression

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 91, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 1043-1069

  Gruber, Jonathan ^a   Hungerman, Daniel M ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Charitable giving; Crowd out; Great depression; Religion

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947111808     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2006.11.004     Document Type: Article

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