Intersecting Sectors? The Connection Between Nonprofit Charities and Government Spending

In this paper, we articulate that rent-seeking behavior by nonprofit charities and budgetary discretionary behavior by public agents should lead to a positive correlation between nonprofit charity and government spending. Using a large national database of government spending that we merged with cha...

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Main Authors: Deborah A. Carroll, Thad D. Calabrese
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Midwest Public Affairs Conference 2017-12-01
Series:Journal of Public and Nonprofit Affairs
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Online Access:http://www.jpna.org/index.php/jpna/article/view/81