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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003652682
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The role of constitutions on poverty : a cross-national investigation
Minkler, Lanse; Prakash, Nishith - 2015
In this paper we use novel historical data on economics and social rights from the constitutions of 201 countries and an instrument variable strategy to answer two important questions. First, do economic and social rights provisions in constitutions reduce poverty? Second, does the strength of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010488146
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The spread of anti-trafficking policies : evidence from a new index
Cho, Seo-young; Dreher, Axel; Neumayer, Eric - 2011
We analyze the spread of policies dealing with international trafficking in human beings. Arguing that countries are unlikely to make independent choices, we identify pressure, externalities and learning or emulation as plausible diffusion mechanisms for spatial dependence in anti-trafficking...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009232913
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Democratization and civil liberties : the role of violence during the transition
Cervellati, Matteo; Fortunato, Piergiuseppe; Sunde, Uwe - 2011
This paper investigates the role of violent civil conflicts during the process of democratization for the quality of emerging democracies, and in particular, the protection of civil (political and economic) liberties. A simple theory in which different groups may engage in violent conflict in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009124075
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Incentives and the design of charitable fundraisers : lessons from a field experiment
Carpenter, Jeffrey P.; Matthews, Peter Hans - 2015
There has been little systematic study of the mechanisms typically used to raise money for charity. One of the most …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010502690
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Serving the public interest in several ways : theory and empirics
Dur, Robert A. J.; Lent, Max van - 2017
: by making donations to charity and by taking a public service job and exerting effort on the job. Our theory predicts … donations to charity. Comparing equally altruistic workers, those with a regular job make higher donations to charity than those …-sectional data from Germany on self-reported altruism, sector of employment, and donations to charity. In addition, we use panel data …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011738885
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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
to the victims of the tsunami on future donations to charity, however, our findings suggest an inverse relationship with … the largest inverse association with donations to needy and caring organizations. -- Charity ; donations ; system tobit …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003899553
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Doing good or doing well? : Image motivation and monetary incentives in behaving prosocially
Ariely, Dan (contributor); Bracha, Anat (contributor);  … - 2007
This paper experimentally examines image motivation the desire to be liked and well-regarded by others as a driver in prosocial behavior (doing good), and asks whether extrinsic monetary incentives (doing well) have a detrimental effect on prosocial behavior due to crowding out of image...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003566274
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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
about why individuals spend time and money to the charity. Assuming that volunteering is a consumption good, we analyze the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009568910
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Matched fundraising: evidence from a natural field experiment
Huck, Steffen; Rasul, Imran - 2010
We present evidence from a natural field experiment designed to shed light on the efficacy of fundraising schemes in which donations are matched by a lead donor. In conjunction with the Bavarian State Opera House, we mailed 14,000 regular opera attendees a letter describing a charitable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009154560