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Psychological momentum and gender
Cohen-Zada, Danny; Krumer, Alex; Shtudiner, Ze'ev - 2016
We exploit a natural experiment in which two professionals compete in a one-stage contest without strategic motives and where one contestant has a clear exogenous psychological momentum advantage over the other in order to estimate the causal effect of psychological momentum on performance. We...
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Some contributions of economics to the study of personality
Heckman, James J.; Jagelka, Tomáš; Kautz, Tim - 2019
This paper synthesizes recent research in economics and psychology on the measurement and empirical importance of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012136850
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Non-profit organizations in a bureaucratic environment
Grout, Paul A. (contributor);  … - 2008
relationship between a non-profit unit (e.g. university department, NGO, health trust), where workers care about the result of … their work, and a bureaucrat, who supplies some input to the non-profit unit, but has opportunity costs in doing so (e … eventually have dramatic effects on donated labor. We also identify when strengthening the non-profit unit decreases and when it …
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Gender differences in charitable giving
Piper, Greg (contributor); Schnepf, Sylke V. (contributor) - 2007
The predominant part of the literature states that women are more likely to donate to charitable causes but men are more generous in terms of the amount given. The last result generally derives from the focus on mean amount given. This paper examines gender differences in giving focusing on the...
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Matching and challenge gifts to charity : evidence from laboratory and natural field experiments
Rondeau, Daniel (contributor); List, John A. (contributor) - 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...
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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 - 2009
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 of the tsunami are positively associated with the amount...
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The cult of Theoi : economic uncertainty and religion
Frijters, Paul; Barón, Juan David - 2010
Sacrifices to deities occur in nearly all known religions. In this paper, we report on our attempts to elicit this type of religious behaviour towards "Theoi" in the laboratory. The theory we test is that, when faced with uncertainty, individuals attempt to engage in a reciprocal contract with...
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Who gives for overseas development?
Micklewright, John (contributor);  … - 2007
Individuals' donations to overseas charities are an important source of funding for development assistance from rich industrialised countries. But little is known about the nature of these charitable donations. The literature on giving focuses on total donations to all causes and does not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003557356
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Why are economics students more selfish than the rest?
Bauman, Yoram; Rose, Elaina - 2009
A substantial body of research suggests that economists are less generous than other professionals and that economics students are less generous than other students. We address this question using administrative data on donations to social programs by students at the University of Washington....
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Time vs. money : the supply of voluntary labor and charitable donations across Europe
Bauer, Thomas K.; Bredtmann, Julia; Schmidt, Christoph M. - 2012
Volunteering plays a prominent role in the charitable provision of goods and services, yet we know relatively little about why individuals spend time and money to the charity. Assuming that volunteering is a consumption good, we analyze the determinants of individuals' charitable cash donations...
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