What is the real relationship between income and charitable giving?

Public Finance Review

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 483-497

  McClelland, Robert ^a   Brooks, Arthur C ^b,c  

^a Ford House Office Building   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Charitable donations; Empirical analysis; Estimation; Income

Indexed keywords

EID: 4344691299     PISSN: 10911421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1091142104266973     Document Type: Review

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