Is altruism paternalistic?

Economic Journal

Volumn 117, Issue 520, 2007, Pages 761-781

  Jacobsson, Fredric ^a   Johannesson, Magnus ^a   Borgquist, Lars ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EID: 34250029754     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2007.02049.x     Document Type: Article

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