Altruism spillovers: Are behaviors in context-free experiments predictive of altruism toward a naturally occurring public good?

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 9-29

  Laury, Susan K ^a   Taylor, Laura O ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Altruism; Experiments; External validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 37549053336     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2005.05.011     Document Type: Article

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