Government growth and private contributions to charity

Public Choice

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 103-120

  Garrett, Thomas ^a   Rhine, Russell ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b ST MARY'S COLLEGE OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Charity; Crowding out; Government spending; Growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949915596     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11127-009-9492-1     Document Type: Article

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