The impact of downward social information on contribution decisions

DOI10.1007/S10683-007-9191-ZzbMath1151.91392OpenAlexW1993754114WikidataQ59238316 ScholiaQ59238316MaRDI QIDQ945029

Jen (Yue) Shang, Rachel T. A. Croson

Publication date: 10 September 2008

Published in: Experimental Economics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://s3.amazonaws.com/fieldexperiments-papers2/papers/00322.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

Public goodsSocial influenceCharitable givingSocial comparisonSocial information

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Experimental studies (91A90)

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