Contracting benefits of corporate giving: An experimental investigation

Accounting Review

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1887-1907

  Balakrishnan, Ramji ^a   Sprinkle, Geoffrey B ^b   Williamson, Michael G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Contracting; Corporate giving; Employee motivation; Selection; Signaling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84055197961     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr-10127     Document Type: Article

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