Subsidizing charitable contributions: A natural field experiment comparing matching and rebate subsidies

Experimental Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 234-252

  Eckel, Catherine C ^a   Grossman, Philip J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Charitable giving; Field experiment; Matching subsidy; Rebate subsidy

Indexed keywords

EID: 49249096158     PISSN: 13864157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10683-008-9198-0     Document Type: Article

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