Modelling charitable donations to an unexpected natural disaster: Evidence from the U.S. Panel Study of Income Dynamics

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 97-110

  Brown, Sarah ^a   Harris, Mark N ^b   Taylor, Karl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Charity; Donations; System tobit; Tobit

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866178518     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2012.08.005     Document Type: Article

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