Jumping and sniping at the silents: Does it matter for charities?

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 95, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 395-402

  Carpenter, Jeffrey ^a,b   Holmes, Jessica ^a   Matthews, Peter Hans ^a  

^a MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b IZA ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Charity; Endogenous participation; Jump bidding; Revenue proportional benefits; Silent auction; Sniping

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953785365     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2010.11.010     Document Type: Article

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