Behavior of nonprofit organizations in for-profit markets: The curious case of unprofitable revenue-raising activities

Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics

Volumn 164, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 727-730

  Sinitsyn, Maxim ^a   Weisbrod, Burton A ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 56849107994     PISSN: 09324569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1628/093245608786534604     Document Type: Article

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