Tipping in Restaurants and Around the Globe: An Interdisciplinary Review

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Overview: This paper explores the tipping behavior and its implications for economic theory and public policy. The paper provides more detail about the phenomenon of tipping by summarizing and discussing the results of empirical research on the determinants and predictors of restaurant tipping and of national differences in tipping customs respectively. Then, economic theories about tipping are reviewed in light of the previously summarized empirical literature. Finally, the public welfare and policy issues raised by tipping are discussed.

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Format: PDF | Size: 250KB | Date: Oct 2003 | Pages: 43

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