A fundraising mechanism inspired by historical tontines: Theory and experimental evidence

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1750-1782

  Lange, Andreas ^a,b   List, John A ^c,d   Price, Michael K ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH ZEW   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Experiments; Fundraising; Lotteries; Public goods; Tontines

Indexed keywords

EID: 60849112618     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2007.05.001     Document Type: Conference Paper

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