Goodwill bazaar: NGO competition and giving to development

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 48-63

  Aldashev, Gani ^a   Verdier, Thierry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

^b CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Giving; Monopolistic competition; NGOs; Non distribution constraint

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FIRM SIZE; MONOPOLY; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION;

EID: 70349850712     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2008.11.010     Document Type: Article

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