An experimental investigation of intrinsic motivations for giving

Theory and Decision

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 47-67

  Tonin, Mirco ^a,b,c   Vlassopoulos, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Charitable giving; Dictator game; Pure altruism; Random Lottery Incentive Scheme; Warm glow

Indexed keywords

EID: 84895065045     PISSN: 00405833     EISSN: 15737187     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11238-013-9360-9     Document Type: Article

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