When charity begins at home: How personal financial scarcity drives preference for donating locally at the expense of global concerns
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Charitable behavior; Personal financial scarcity;JEL classification:
- D64 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Altruism; Philanthropy; Intergenerational Transfers
- N30 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - General, International, or Comparative
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