The Price of Virtue: The Economic Value of the Charitable Sector

by Ece Ozdemiroglu, David Pearce, Vivien Foster

It is well known that the voluntary sector in modern society is large in terms of economic activity - but how large? The authors of this pioneering book attempt to address this problem by utilizing survey techniques, originally developed in environmental economics, to place an economic value on the benefits provided by the voluntary sector in the UK.

The authors comprehensively detail the analytical foundations of their survey methodology, a stated...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1840644850
• ISBN13: 9781840644852
• Release Date: June 2001
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Length: 256 Pages