Charitable Dictators? Determinants of Giving to NGOs in Uganda
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- Kim Lehrer & Catherine Porter, 2018. "Charitable Dictators? Determinants of Giving to NGOs in Uganda," Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 30(1), pages 80-101, January.
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Keywords
Dictator game; charitable giving; philanthropy; Uganda;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C72 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Noncooperative Games
- D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
- D64 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Altruism; Philanthropy; Intergenerational Transfers
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CBE-2015-06-05 (Cognitive and Behavioural Economics)
- NEP-EXP-2015-06-05 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-GTH-2015-06-05 (Game Theory)
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