Avoiding overhead aversion in charity

Science

Volumn 346, Issue 6209, 2014, Pages 632-635

  Gneezy, Uri ^a,b   Keenan, Elizabeth A ^a   Gneezy, Ayelet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AID POLICY; COST; FINANCIAL PROVISION;

ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; AVERSION; CONSUMER; COST; DONOR; FIELD EXPERIMENT; FUNDING; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEADERSHIP; MONEY; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; RESPONSIBILITY; SCIENTIST; SOCIAL WELFARE; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GIFT GIVING; METHODOLOGY;

ALTRUISM; CHARITIES; ECONOMICS, BEHAVIORAL; FUND RAISING; GIFT GIVING; HUMANS;

EID: 84908584015     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1253932     Document Type: Article

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