Doing good or doing well? Image motivation and monetary incentives in behaving prosocially

American Economic Review

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 544-555

  Ariely, Dan ^a   Bracha, Anat ^b   Meier, Stephan ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

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EID: 72149115528     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.99.1.544     Document Type: Article

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