Does competition affect giving?

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 74, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 82-103

  Duffy, John ^a   Kornienko, Tatiana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Charitable giving; Competitive altruism; Dictator game; Factor analysis; Relative standing; Tournaments

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950020628     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2010.02.001     Document Type: Article

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