No excuses for good behavior: Volunteering and the social environment

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 95, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 445-454

  Linardi, Sera ^a   McConnell, Margaret A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b HARVARD CENTER FOR POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Experiments; Labor; Organizational design; Prosocial behavior; Social image; Voluntary contributions

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953787014     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2010.06.020     Document Type: Article

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