Democrats support international relief and the upper class donates to art? How opportunity, incentives and confidence affect donations to different types of charitable organizations

Social Science Research

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1073-1087

  Wiepking, Pamala ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Charitable giving; Confidence; Donations; Philanthropy; Pro social behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958476741     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2010.06.005     Document Type: Article

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