Testing for altruism and social pressure in charitable giving

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-56

  Dellavigna, Stefano ^a   List, John A ^b   Malmendier, Ulrike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; WELFARE IMPACT;

EID: 84856963666     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qje/qjr050     Document Type: Article

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