"How About Giving My Things Away Over The Internet?" When Internet Makes It Easier To Give Things Away

The present article looks at the meaning of gift-giving when it is performed via free online recycling websites. Underpinned by research on the difficulties inherent to giving, our paper illustrates how these websites remove the difficulties inherent in giving to kith, kin or to charities.

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Year of publication:	2012
Authors:	Guillard, Valérie ; Del Bucchia, Céline
Institutions:	Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX)
Subject:	économie du don \| don en ligne \| don à un étranger \| relation donneur-receveur \| reconnaissance \| relation aux objets \| seconde vie d'un objet \| Gift economy \| online giving \| gifts to distant others \| disposition \| recognition \| recycling objects

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Series:	Economics Papers from University Paris Dauphine.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	Published in Advances in Consumer Research, 2012, Vol. 40. pp. 630-631.Length: 1 pages
Classification:	D12 - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis ; M41 - Accounting
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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