Authors
Vincent H Smith, Michael R Kehoe, Mary E Cremer
Publication date
1995/9/1
Journal
Journal of Public Economics
Volume
58
Issue
1
Pages
107-126
Publisher
North-Holland
Description
A unique data set on exact giving by individual households for the support of a rural health care facility is used to examine the determinants of charitable giving, including the role of altruism. We examine whether a household's decision to give or not give and the amount it gives are influenced in the same or different ways by the household's characteristics and economic circumstances. We also examine whether a household's ‘altruistic history’ affects its current giving decisions.
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Scholar articles
VH Smith, MR Kehoe, ME Cremer - Journal of Public Economics, 1995