Small donors: Incentives, economies of scale, and effects

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Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 385-411

  Malbin, Michael J ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 84888874414     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15408884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/for-2013-0050     Document Type: Article

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