Resources that make you generous: Effects of social and human resources on charitable giving

Social Forces

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1973-1996

  Wiepking, Pamala ^a   Maas, Ineke ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 73449121110     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sof.0.0191     Document Type: Article

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