The giving type: Identifying donors

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 95, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 428-435

  de Oliveira, Angela C M ^a   Croson, Rachel T A ^b   Eckel, Catherine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Charitable Giving; Field Experiment; Preference Stability; Public Goods; Social Preferences

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953798736     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2010.11.012     Document Type: Article

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