Charity auctions: A field experiment

Economic Journal

Volumn 118, Issue 525, 2008, Pages 92-113

  Carpenter, Jeffrey ^a   Holmes, Jessica ^a   Matthews, Peter Hans ^a  

^a MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

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EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; GAME THEORY;

EID: 37749021877     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2007.02105.x     Document Type: Article

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