One chance in a million: Altruism and the bone marrow registry

American Economic Review

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1309-1334

  Bergstrom, Theodore C ^a   Garratt, Rodney J ^a   Sheehan Connor, Damien ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALTRUISM; AMERICAN INDIAN; ASIAN AMERICAN; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CAUCASIAN; DONOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; REGISTER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TISSUE BANK;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ALTRUISM; ASIAN AMERICANS; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MOTIVATION; REGISTRIES; TISSUE BANKS; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 74949100516     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.99.4.1309     Document Type: Article

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