The Economics of Nonprofit Institutions: Studies in Structure and Policy

by Susan Rose-Ackerman (Editor)

In the recent past, economic analysis of the voluntary nonprofit sector has become a fertile subfield of professional study. The contributors to this volume, focusing on the relationship between organizational form, market structure, and firm behavior, discuss the complex motivations of
donors, customers, and managers. The first half of the book presents a variety of conceptual approaches currently used for modeling the behavior of the nonprofit firm. The second half suggests how economic analyses can enlighten discourse on a series of policy issues, including the charitable
deduction, government grants to nonprofits, the regulation of fundraising, and nonprofit exemption from the corporate income tax.

440 pages, Hardcover

First published May 22, 1986