Disentangling the sources of pro-socially motivated effort: A field experiment

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 94, Issue 11-12, 2010, Pages 1086-1092

  Tonin, Mirco ^a   Vlassopoulos, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Charitable donations; Effort; Field experiment; Pro social behavior; Workers' motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049458856     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2010.08.011     Document Type: Article

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