Charitable Giving

Handbook of Public Economics

Volumn 5, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-50

  Andreoni, James ^a   Payne, A Abigail ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Endowment; Fundraising; Leadership gifts; Matching illusion; Peer pressure; Social welfare; Taxable income; Taxpayer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879514091     PISSN: 15734420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53759-1.00001-7     Document Type: Chapter

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