Payment choice, image motivation and contributions to charity: Evidence from a field experiment

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 180-205

  Soetevent, Adriaan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 79958204041     PISSN: 19457731     EISSN: 1945774X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/pol.3.1.180     Document Type: Article

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