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How Did Distributional Preferences Change During the Great Recession?
Fisman, Raymond; Jakiela, Pamela; Kariv, Shachar - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
We compare behavior in experiments measuring distributional preferences during the "Great Recession" to behavior in identical experiments conducted during the preceding economic boom. Subjects are drawn from a diverse pool of students whose socioeconomic composition is largely held constant by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010951431
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Religious Identity and Economic Behavior
Benjamin, Daniel J.; Choi, James J.; Fisher, Geoffrey W. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2010
We randomly vary religious identity salience in laboratory subjects to test how identity salience contributes to six hypothesized links from prior literature between religious identity and economic behavior. We find that religious identity salience makes Protestants increase contributions to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008615794
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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 - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
This paper discusses three alternative assumptions concerning household preferences (altruism, self-interest, and a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010951187
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Avoiding The Ask: A Field Experiment on Altruism, Empathy, and Charitable Giving
Andreoni, James; Rao, Justin M.; Trachtman, Hannah - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011
What triggers giving? We explore this in a randomized natural field experiment during the Salvation Army's annual … views of altruism, such as inequity aversion, and instead highlight the importance of social cues and psychological features … of the giver-receiver interaction. We argue that avoidance could evidence a lack of altruism or self-control strategy to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009370798
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Rewarding Altruism? A Natural Field Experiment
Slonim, Robert L; Lacetera, Nicola; Macis, Mario - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 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/10009372437
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Charitable Giving When Altruism and Similarity are Linked
Rotemberg, Julio - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011
This paper presents a model in which anonymous charitable donations are rationalized by two human tendencies drawn from the psychology literature. The first is people's disproportionate disposition to help those they agree with while the second is the dependence of peoples' self-esteem on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009372451
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Directed Giving: Evidence from an Inter-Household Transfer Experiment
Batista, Catia; Silverman, Dan; Yang, Dean - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
We investigate the determinants of giving in a lab-in-the-field experiment with large stakes. Study participants in … post-experiment responses suggest that this effect is driven by a desire to control how recipients use gifted resources …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010951192
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Fair Weather Avoidance: Unpacking Costs and Benefits in Replication of 'Avoiding the Ask'
Andreoni, James; Trachtman, Hannah; Steinkruger, Andrew; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
experiment that points to the role of empathy in giving. We conduct an experiment in a large superstore in which we solicit …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010887104
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How Much is Social Capital Worth?
Helliwell, John F.; Barrington-Leigh, Christopher P. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2010
This paper uses data from global and Canadian surveys data to estimate the powerful linkages between social connections, their related social identities, and subjective well-being. Our explanatory variables include several measures of the extent and frequency of use of social networks, combined...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008601695
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Does Movie Violence Increase Violent Crime?
Dahl, Gordon B.; DellaVigna, Stefano - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2008
Laboratory experiments in psychology find that media violence increases aggression in the short run. We analyze whether media violence affects violent crime in the field. We exploit variation in the violence of blockbuster movies from 1995 to 2004, and study the effect on same-day assaults. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005710474