Burton A. Weisbrod is Cardiss Collins Professor of Economics at Northwestern University.

This book should be read by anyone interested in the increasingly complex relationships in a liberal democracy between the public and private sectors. Its distinguished author has been conducting research on nonprofits for well over a decade, and he has now produced a first-class account of nonprofits in the American economy.

• 1. Nonprofits in a Mixed Economy 2. Options among Institutional Forms 3. Incentives and Performance 4. Anatomy of the Voluntary Nonprofit Sector 5. Charitable Donations 6. Revenues from Sales 7. Volunteer Labor 8. Are Nonprofits Really Different? 9. Recommendations for Public Policy Appendix A.Characteristics of the Nonprofit Economy Appendix B.The Nonprofit Sector around the World Appendix C.Financing Nonprofits Appendix B.Restrictions on Lobbying by Nonprofits Appendix E.Volunteer Labor Appendix F.For-profit and Nonprofit Behavior in Three Long-Term-Care Industries Notes Index

Burton A. Weisbrod is Cardiss Collins Professor of Economics at Northwestern University.

This book should be read by anyone interested in the increasingly complex relationships in a liberal democracy between the public and private sectors. Its distinguished author has been conducting research on nonprofits for well over a decade, and he has now produced a first-class account of nonprofits in the American economy.

• 1. Nonprofits in a Mixed Economy 2. Options among Institutional Forms 3. Incentives and Performance 4. Anatomy of the Voluntary Nonprofit Sector 5. Charitable Donations 6. Revenues from Sales 7. Volunteer Labor 8. Are Nonprofits Really Different? 9. Recommendations for Public Policy Appendix A.Characteristics of the Nonprofit Economy Appendix B.The Nonprofit Sector around the World Appendix C.Financing Nonprofits Appendix B.Restrictions on Lobbying by Nonprofits Appendix E.Volunteer Labor Appendix F.For-profit and Nonprofit Behavior in Three Long-Term-Care Industries Notes Index

Burton A. Weisbrod is Cardiss Collins Professor of Economics at Northwestern University.

This book should be read by anyone interested in the increasingly complex relationships in a liberal democracy between the public and private sectors. Its distinguished author has been conducting research on nonprofits for well over a decade, and he has now produced a first-class account of nonprofits in the American economy.

• 1. Nonprofits in a Mixed Economy 2. Options among Institutional Forms 3. Incentives and Performance 4. Anatomy of the Voluntary Nonprofit Sector 5. Charitable Donations 6. Revenues from Sales 7. Volunteer Labor 8. Are Nonprofits Really Different? 9. Recommendations for Public Policy Appendix A.Characteristics of the Nonprofit Economy Appendix B.The Nonprofit Sector around the World Appendix C.Financing Nonprofits Appendix B.Restrictions on Lobbying by Nonprofits Appendix E.Volunteer Labor Appendix F.For-profit and Nonprofit Behavior in Three Long-Term-Care Industries Notes Index