(When) are religious people nicer? Religious salience and the "Sunday Effect" on pro-social behavior

Judgment and Decision Making

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 138-143

  Malhotra, Deepak ^a  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Auction; Charity; Religion; Sunday effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951953414     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19302975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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