Does Heart or Head Rule Donor Behaviors in Charitable Crowdfunding Markets?

International Journal of Electronic Commerce

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 499-524

  Gleasure, Rob ^a   Feller, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

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EID: 84976415302     PISSN: 10864415     EISSN: 15579301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10864415.2016.1171975     Document Type: Article

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