to the victims of the tsunami on future donations to charity, however, our findings suggest an inverse relationship with …Using household-level data, we explore the relationship between donations to the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean … tsunami disaster and other charitable donations. The empirical evidence suggests that donations specifically for the victims …

We study with a sample of 1,070 primary school children, aged seven to eleven years, how altruism in a donation … theories of reciprocal altruism that provide a cornerstone to understand human social behavior. We find that higher risk … tolerance and patience in intertemporal choice increase, in general, the level of donations, albeit the effects are non …

data and experimental data from a social-media application that facilitates donations while broadcasting donors' activities … to their contacts. We find that broadcasting is positively associated with donations, although some individuals appear to …, although our campaigns generated considerable attention in the forms of clicks and “likes,” only a small number of donations …

We develop a theory of prosocial behavior that combines heterogeneity in individual altruism and greed with concerns …

you are a trustworthy person may, therefore, be an important motive for charity and other forms of prosocial behavior …

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 …

want to donate a share of their earnings to a charity of their choice. We find that, despite large differences in earnings …

There has been little systematic study of the mechanisms typically used to raise money for charity. One of the most … inform fundraising choices. …