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Although a more limited definition of philanthropy was employed, a similar cyclical pattern was observed in a study done by this reviewer. Also, the upward trend line in the philanthropy/GNP relationship which Dickinson observed through the forties continued through the sixties. See David B. Johnson,The Fundamental Economics of the Charity Market, Ph.D. dissertation, University of Virginia, 1968, Appendix A. Also seeGiving, U.S.A., published annually by the American Association of Fund-Raising Council, New York.
For a more thorough and analytical statement see David B. Johnson, “Some Fundamental Economics of the Charity Market,” in Thomas R. Ireland and David B. Johnson,The Economics of Charity Blacksburg, Virginia: Center for the Study of Public Choice, 1970, pp. 83–108.
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Havard, W.C., Tullock, G., Riker, W.A. et al. Reviews. Public Choice 13, 129–147 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01718858
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