It's Not the Thought that Counts: A Field Experiment on Gift Exchange and Giving at a Public University
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JEL classification:
- C93 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Field Experiments
- D64 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Altruism; Philanthropy; Intergenerational Transfers
- H41 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Public Goods
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EXP-2016-12-04 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-SOC-2016-12-04 (Social Norms and Social Capital)
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