Active decisions and pro-social behavior: A field experiment on blood donation
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- Alois Stutzer & Lorenz Goette & Michael Zehnder, 2011. "Active Decisions and Prosocial Behaviour: a Field Experiment on Blood Donation," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 121(556), pages 476-493, November.
- Stutzer, Alois & Götte, Lorenz & Zehnder, Michael, 2006. "Active Decisions and Pro-social Behavior: A Field Experiment on Blood Donation," IZA Discussion Papers 2064, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Stutzer, Alois & Götte, Lorenz & Zehnder, Michael, 2006. "Active decisions and pro-social behavior : a field experiment on blood donation," Working papers 2006/04, Faculty of Business and Economics - University of Basel.
- Alois Stutzer & Lorenz Goette & Michael Zehnder, 2006. "Active Decisions and Pro-social Behavior: A Field Experiment on Blood Donation," IEW - Working Papers 279, Institute for Empirical Research in Economics - University of Zurich.
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