Reminders for voluntary payments might backfire—Evidence from a field study
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Keywords
Field study; Voluntary payments; Reminder; Nudging;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D64 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Altruism; Philanthropy; Intergenerational Transfers
- D90 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - General
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