Blood donation and the nature of altruism

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 492-503

  Wildman, John ^a   Hollingsworth, Bruce ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Altruism; Blood donation; Charity; Latent variable; Public good

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; BLOOD; PUBLIC GOODS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTRUISM; BLOOD DONORS; DATABASES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VICTORIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62149092901     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2008.11.005     Document Type: Article

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