Is the third sector an emerging economic institution? social preferences versus poverty traps

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 850-872

  Amendola, Adalgiso ^a   Garofalo, Maria Rosaria ^a   Nese, Annamaria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

local development; poverty traps; social preferences; third sector

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052792614     PISSN: 08997640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0899764010371232     Document Type: Article

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