Defaults in charitable giving

Jonathan Schulz, Petra Thiemann and Christian Thöni

In an experimental setup we investigate the effect of defaults on charitable giving. In the treatment group, subjects can either specify a charity of their choice, or select one from a default list of five wellknown charities; in the control group we do not provide the list. In a sample of 869 subjects we find that offering a list of default charities doubles both the fraction of donors and the aggregate amount of donations. These findings point to the importance of psychological factors like affective reactions in donation decisions.

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Year of publication:	2015
Authors:	Schulz, Jonathan F. ; Thiemann, Petra ; Thöni, Christian
Publisher:	Nottingham : CEDEX
Subject:	charitable giving \| defaults \| donation \| affective reactions \| Fundraising \| Wohltätigkeit \| Charity \| Insolvenz \| Insolvency

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Extent:	Online-Ressource (9 S.) graph. Darst.
Series:	CEDEX discussion paper series. - Nottingham : [Verlag nicht ermittelbar], ISSN 1749-3293, ZDB-ID 2105636-5. - Vol. 2015-06
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper ; Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	hdl:10419/129817 [Handle]
Classification:	C93 - Field Experiments ; D64 - Altruism ; H41 - Public Goods ; L3 - Nonprofit Organizations and Public Enterprise
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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