Warm glow and charitable giving: Why the wealthy do not give more to charity?

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 490-499

  Mayo, John W ^a   Tinsley, Catherine H ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Altruism; Giving; Warmglow

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349142604     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2008.06.001     Document Type: Article

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