A theory of charitable fund-raising with costly solicitations

American Economic Review

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1091-1107

  Name Correa, Alvaro J ^a   Yildirim, Huseyin ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84878564812     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.103.2.1091     Document Type: Article

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