Feeling Good about Giving: The Benefits (and Costs) of Self-Interested Charitable Behavior



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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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