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The Economics of Charities: Revised Theory and New Evidence
Author(s) -
West Edwin G.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
economic affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1468-0270
pISSN - 0265-0665
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0270.1989.tb01118.x
Subject(s) - sociology , positive economics , management , economics , law and economics , economic history
Can economic principles be applied to the behaviour of charities? Professor Edwin West of the Universities of Carleton and Emory, claims that charities are susceptible to the same type of analysis as companies ‐ but with important differences.