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Testing Motives for Charitable Giving : A Revealed-Preference Methodology with Experimental Evidence
Deb, Rahul - 2012
consumption and donations among individuals. We also conduct an original experiment that enables nonparametric tests of many … donations yield greater explanatory power than the standard model of impure altruism …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012460630
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Why Do Children Take Care of Their Elderly Parents? Are the Japanese Any Different?
Horioka, Charles Yuji - 2016
heavily influenced by the strength of their altruism toward their parents and social norms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012456420
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Are Americans and Indians More Altruistic than the Japanese and Chinese? Evidence from a New International Survey of Bequest Plans
Horioka, Charles Yuji - 2014
This paper discusses three alternative assumptions concerning household preferences (altruism, self-interest, and a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012458506
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Toward an Understanding of the Economics of Charity : Evidence from a Field Experiment
Landry, Craig - 2005
This study develops theory and uses a door-to-door fundraising field experiment to explore the economics of charity. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012467066
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Are the Rich More Selfish than the Poor, or Do They Just Have More Money? A Natural Field Experiment
Andreoni, James - 2017
prevent safe inferences about differences in social preferences. We present new evidence from a natural field experiment in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012455452
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Rewarding Altruism? A Natural Field Experiment
Lacetera, Nicola - 2011
We present evidence from a natural field experiment involving nearly 100,000 individuals on the effects of offering …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012461021
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The Hidden Benefits of Control : Evidence from a Natural Field Experiment
Landry, Craig E. - 2011
. Second, we can reject the pure altruism model of giving. Third, we find that public good provision is maximized in both the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012461186
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Nation-Building, Nationalism and Wars
Alesina, Alberto - 2017
The increase in army size observed in early modern times changed the way states conducted wars. Starting in the late 18th century, states switched from mercenaries to a mass army by conscription. In order for the population to accept to fight and endure war, the government elites began to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012455246
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Compassion or Cash : Evaluating Survey Response Incentives and Valuing Public Goods
Smith, V. Kerry - 2015
This paper reports the results of an experiment evaluating the effects of incentives on individuals' willingness to … participate in a survey. By pairing the assessment with a natural field experiment, the analysis considers private versus public …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012457379
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Estimating Social Preferences and Gift Exchange at Work
DellaVigna, Stefano - 2016
We design a model-based field experiment to estimate the nature and magnitude of workers' social preferences towards …, but not of pure altruism, workers exert substantially more effort when their work is consequential to their employer, but …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012456631