THE COMBINED EFFECT OF DONATION PRICE AND ADMINISTRATIVE INEFFICIENCY ON DONATIONS TO US NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS

Financial Accountability and Management

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-53

  Jacobs, Fred A ^a   Marudas, Nicholas P ^b  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY AT MONTGOMERY   (United States)

Author keywords

donation; nonprofits; price administrative inefficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649906199     PISSN: 02674424     EISSN: 14680408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0408.2008.00464.x     Document Type: Article

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