Matching and challenge gifts to charity: Evidence from laboratory and natural field experiments

Experimental Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 253-267

  Rondeau, Daniel ^a   List, John A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Charitable giving; Field experiments; Fundraising; Threshold public goods

Indexed keywords

EID: 49249113924     PISSN: 13864157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10683-007-9190-0     Document Type: Article

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