Pro-social motivation and the delivery of social services

CESifo Economic Studies

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 22-54

  Francois, Patrick ^a,b   Vlassopoulos, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Center for Research in Economics and Business Tilburg University   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Donated labour; Intrinsic motivation; Power of incentives; Provision of social services

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; DESIGN; INCENTIVE; LITERATURE REVIEW; MODELING; SERVICE PROVISION;

EID: 65549154419     PISSN: 1610241X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cesifo/ifn002     Document Type: Review

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