Motives for giving: A reanalysis of two classic public goods experiments

Southern Economic Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-26

  Ashley, Richard ^a   Ball, Sheryl ^a   Eckel, Catherine ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

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EID: 77955123616     PISSN: 00384038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4284/sej.2010.77.1.15     Document Type: Article

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