Recent literature has shown that all-pay auctions raise more money for charity than winner-pay auctions. We demonstrate …

experiment subjects divide 20 euros between themselves and a charity. Some randomly determined participants are induced to wear a … bracelet for the two weeks following their donation decision. This bracelet serves as a private reminder of the experiment … remember the experiment in the following two weeks …

their effect across charity space and time. We find that major fundraising appeals lift total donations, but surprisingly …Fundraising interventions may lift donations and/or shift their composition and timing, making it important to study …

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

interact in such situations. In this paper we provide experimental evidence on this question. In a first experiment givers are … the realized state of the world. In a second experiment, risk affects the earnings of givers but not of beneficiaries. We …

Much fundraising is done by individuals within existing social groups. Exploiting a unique dataset, we demonstrate …

We show that warm-glow motives in provision by competing suppliers can lead to inefficient charity selection. In these … situations, discretionary donor choices can promote efficient charity selection even when provision outcomes are non …-competitive effect on charity selection, raising the value of charity provision per dollar of funding …

contributions. In our randomized field experiment, opera visitors received solicitation letters asking to support a social youth …