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Charity as a Signal of Trustworthiness
Fehrler, Sebastian - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
you are a trustworthy person may, therefore, be an important motive for charity and other forms of prosocial behavior …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008693831
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Charity Auctions: A Field Experimental Investigation
Carpenter, Jeffrey; Holmes, Jessica; Matthews, Peter Hans - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
empirically, about the properties of charity auctions. The small theoretical literature suggests that the all-pay auction should … difference between existing theory and the field. To conclude, we show that a model of charity auctions augmented by an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762357
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Modelling Charitable Donations to an Unexpected Natural Disaster: Evidence from the U.S. Panel Study of Income Dynamics
Brown, Sarah; Harris, Mark N.; Taylor, Karl - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
to the victims of the tsunami on future donations to charity, however, our findings suggest an inverse relationship with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008565189
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Sharing One's Fortune? An Experimental Study on Earned Income and Giving
Tonin, Mirco; Vlassopoulos, Michael - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
want to donate a share of their earnings to a charity of their choice. We find that, despite large differences in earnings …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010632995
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Donating Time to Charity: Not Working for Nothing
Aoki, Yu - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This paper explores the causal effect of volunteer work providing daily assistance to the elderly on elderly mortality. To identify the causal effect, I exploit the earthquake that occurred in midwestern Japan in 1995 as a natural experiment inducing exogenous variation in the level of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010747356
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Incentives and the Design of Charitable Fundraisers: Lessons from a Field Experiment
Carpenter, Jeffrey P.; Matthews, Peter Hans - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
There has been little systematic study of the mechanisms typically used to raise money for charity. One of the most … inform fundraising choices. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011214026
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Matching and Challenge Gifts to Charity: Evidence from Laboratory and Natural Field Experiments
Rondeau, Daniel; List, John A. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
This study designs a natural field experiment linked to a controlled laboratory experiment to examine the effectiveness of matching gifts and challenge gifts, two popular strategies used to secure a portion of the $200 billion annually given to charities. We find evidence that challenge gifts...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822345
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Viral Altruism? Generosity and Social Contagion in Online Networks
Lacetera, Nicola; Macis, Mario; Mele, Angelo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
How do the social media affect the success of charitable promotional campaigns? We use individual-level longitudinal data and experimental data from a social-media application that facilitates donations while broadcasting donors' activities to their contacts. We find that broadcasting is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010773921