Seeds to succeed?. Sequential giving to public projects

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 95, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 416-427

  Bracha, Anat ^a   Menietti, Michael ^b   Vesterlund, Lise ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF BOSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Charitable giving; Coordination; Fundraising; Public goods; Seed money; Sequential giving

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953774679     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2010.10.007     Document Type: Article

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