Brother, can you spare a dime? Peer pressure in charitable solicitation

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 95, Issue 7-8, 2011, Pages 926-941

  Meer, Jonathan ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Charitable giving; Funding of higher education; Peer effects; Social pressure

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955015641     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2010.11.026     Document Type: Article

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