Commitment and matching contributions to public goods

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1664-1683

  Broadway, Robin ^a   Song, Zhen ^a   Tremblay, Jean François ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Commitment; Matching contributions; Public goods; Voluntary provision

Indexed keywords

EID: 71049174960     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2007.05.002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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