Funding, competition and the efficiency of NGOs: An empirical analysis of non-charitable expenditure of US NGOs engaged in foreign aid

Kyklos

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 81-110

  Nunnenkamp, Peter ^a   Öhler, Hannes ^b  

^a KIEL INSTITUTE FOR THE WORLD ECONOMY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INTERNATIONAL AID; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856304719     PISSN: 00235962     EISSN: 14676435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6435.201.00528.x     Document Type: Article

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