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Feeling Good about Giving:
The Benefits (and Costs) of
Self-Interested Charitable
Behavior
Lalin Anik
Lara B. Aknin
Michael I. Norton
Elizabeth W. Dunn
Working Paper
10-012
Copyright © 2009 by Lalin Anik, Lara B. Aknin, Michael I. Norton, and Elizabeth W. Dunn
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