Using Charity Performance Metrics as an Excuse Not to Give

Christine L. Exley
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Christine L. Exley
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0760-8871
Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Unit, Harvard Business School, Boston, Massachusetts 02163
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Christine L. Exley

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Christine L. Exley

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0760-8871

Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Unit, Harvard Business School, Boston, Massachusetts 02163

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Published Online:24 Oct 2019https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2018.3268

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