Warm glow, information, and inefficient charitable giving

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 95, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 455-465

  Null, C ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allocative efficiency; Charitable giving; Experiment; Risk aversion; Warm glow

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953775915     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2010.06.018     Document Type: Article

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