Community Matters: How the Volunteering of Others Affects One's Likelihood of Engaging in Volunteer Work
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Keywords
volunteer; public good; signaling; community characteristics;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H4 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods
- D8 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CBE-2011-06-11 (Cognitive and Behavioural Economics)
- NEP-SOC-2011-06-11 (Social Norms and Social Capital)
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