And who is your neighbor? Explaining denominational differences in charitable giving and volunteering in the Netherlands

Review of Religious Research

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 74-96

  Bekkers, René ^a   Schuyt, Theo ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Free University

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