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Altruism, Warm Glow and the Willingness-to-Donate for Green Electricity: An Artefactual Field Experiment

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  • Carsten Schroeder
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  • Roland Menges & Carsten Schroeder & Stefan Traub, 2005. "Altruism, Warm Glow and the Willingness-to-Donate for Green Electricity: An Artefactual Field Experiment," Environmental & Resource Economics, Springer;European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, vol. 31(4), pages 431-458, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:enreec:v:31:y:2005:i:4:p:431-458
    DOI: 10.1007/s10640-005-3365-y
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