Fundraising through online social networks: A field experiment on peer-to-peer solicitation

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 114, Issue , 2014, Pages 29-35

  Castillo, Marco ^a   Petrie, Ragan ^a   Wardell, Clarence ^b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TinyGive Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Field experiment; Fundraising; Online giving; Social network

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899957801     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2014.01.002     Document Type: Article

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