Altruism in individual and joint-giving decisions: What's gender got to do with it?

Feminist Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 23-50

  Kamas, Linda ^a   Preston, Anne ^b   Baum, Sandy ^c  

^a SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HAVERFORD COLLEGE   (United States)

^c SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Altruism; And experimental economics; Gender

Indexed keywords

EID: 47249128124     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: 14664372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13545700801986571     Document Type: Article

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