Retailing public goods: The economics of corporate social responsibility

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1645-1663

  Besley, Timothy ^a   Ghatak, Maitreesh ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CSR; Public goods

Indexed keywords

EID: 45149085075     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2007.07.006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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