Do people avoid opportunities to donate?. A natural field experiment on recycling and, charitable giving.

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 93, Issue , 2013, Pages 71-77

  Knutsson, Mikael ^a   Martinsson, Peter ^a   Wollbrant, Conny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Avoidance behavior; Donations; Generosity; Natural field experiment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883009237     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2013.07.015     Document Type: Article

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