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Competition among volunteers

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  • Cugno, Franco & Ferrero, Mario, 2004. "Competition among volunteers," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 20(3), pages 637-654, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:poleco:v:20:y:2004:i:3:p:637-654
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    4. Franz Hackl & Martin Halla & Gerald J. Pruckner, 2007. "Volunteering and Income – The Fallacy of the Good Samaritan?," Kyklos, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 60(1), pages 77-104, February.
    5. Emrich, Eike & Pierdzioch, Christian, 2015. "Public goods, private consumption, and human-capital formation: On the economics of volunteer labour supply," Working Papers of the European Institute for Socioeconomics 14, European Institute for Socioeconomics (EIS), Saarbrücken.
    6. Ronald Wintrobe, 2019. "Adam Smith and the Buddha," Rationality and Society, , vol. 31(1), pages 3-39, February.
    7. Katz, Eliakim & Rosenberg, Jacob, 2005. "An economic interpretation of institutional volunteering," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 21(2), pages 429-443, June.
    8. Appelbaum, Elie & Katz, Eliakim, 1986. "Rent seeking and entry," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 20(3), pages 207-212.
    9. Mario Ferrero, 2020. "A theory of revolutionary organizations," Economics of Governance, Springer, vol. 21(3), pages 245-273, September.

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