Does government spending crowd out donations of time and money?

Public Finance Review

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 498-511

  Simmons, Walter O ^a   Emanuele, Rosemarie ^b  

^a JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ursuline College   (United States)

Author keywords

Crowding out; Donations; Government spending; Impure altruism; Volunteering

Indexed keywords

EID: 4344616870     PISSN: 10911421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1091142104264364     Document Type: Review

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