Checking Out Checkout Charity: A Study of Point-of-Sale Donation Campaigns
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- Sudbury, Adrienne W. & Vossler, Christian A., 2022. "Checking out checkout charity: A study of point-of-sale donation campaigns," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 204(C), pages 252-270.
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charitable giving; checkout charity; solicitation methods; altruism; social pressure; experiments;All these keywords.
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- C91 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Individual Behavior
- D64 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Altruism; Philanthropy; Intergenerational Transfers
- H00 - Public Economics - - General - - - General
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