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Relational Warm Glow and Giving in Social Groups

Scharf, Kimberley; Smith, Sarah - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

between social group size and fundraising outcomes: (i) a positive relationship between group size and the total number of …

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Preferences for Consistency

Falk, Armin; Zimmermann, Florian - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

This paper studies how a preference for consistency can affect economic decisionmaking. We propose a two-period model where people have a preference for consistency because consistent behavior allows them to signal personal and intellectual strength. We then present three experiments that study...

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Matched Fundraising: Evidence from a Natural Field Experiment

Huck, Steffen; Rasul, Imran - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

We present evidence from a natural field experiment designed to shed light on the efficacy of fundraising schemes in … opera attendees a letter describing a charitable fundraising project organized by the opera house. Recipients were randomly …

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Defaults and Donations: Evidence from a Field Experiment

Altmann, Steffen; Falk, Armin; Heidhues, Paul; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

We study how website defaults affect consumer behavior in the domain of charitable giving. In a field experiment that was conducted on a large platform for making charitable donations over the web, we exogenously vary the default options in two distinct choice dimensions. The first pertains to...

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Charitable Giving for Overseas Development: UK Trends Over a Quarter Century

Atkinson, Tony; Backus, Peter G.; Micklewright, John; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

Charitable giving for overseas development and emergency relief is important in the UK, being about a quarter of the size of government development aid. There has been a strong growth over time, reflecting the activities of development charities and the public response to a series of...

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Comparing Charitable Fundraising Schemes: Evidence from a Natural Field Experiment and a Structural Model

Huck, Steffen; Rasul, Imran; Shephard, Andrew - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

alternative fundraising schemes. In conjunction with the Bavarian State Opera, we mailed 25,000 opera attendees a letter … describing a charitable fundraising project organized by the opera house. Recipients were randomly assigned to six treatments … designed to explore behavioral responses to fundraising schemes varying in two dimensions: (i) the presence of a lead donor …

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When warm glow burns: Motivational (mis)allocation in the non-profit sector

Aldashev, Gani; Jaimovich, Esteban; Verdier, Thierry - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

We build an occupational-choice general-equilibrium model of an economy with the non-profit sector financed through private warm-glow donations. Lack of monitoring on the use of funds implies that an increase of funds of the non-profit sector (because of a higher income in the for-profit sector,...

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Charitable Giving and Nonbinding Contribution-level Suggestions: Evidence from a Field Experiment

Adena, Maja; Huck, Steffen; Rasul, Imran - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

When asking for donations, charitable organizations often suggest a potential amount to contribute. However, the evidence concerning the effects of such suggestions is scarce and inconsistent. Unlike the majority of earlier studies concerned with small-money solicitations, we examine the effect...

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Charitable Giving as a Gift Exchange: Evidence From a Field Experiment

Falk, Armin - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

This study reports data from a field experiment that was conducted to investigate the relevance of gift-exchange for charitable giving. Roughly 10,000 solicitation letters were sent to potential donors in the experiment. One third of the letters contained no gift, one third contained a small...

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On the Evolution of the US Consumer Wealth Distribution

Hintermaier, Thomas; Koeniger, Winfried - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

the US since the 1980s. We then rely on the shape of this distribution to estimate a life-cycle incomplete markets model …

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