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An Experimental Investigation of Intrinsic Motivations for Giving

Tonin, Mirco - 2015

towards the experimenters, (ii) the Crumpler and Grossman (2008) design, T2, in which the recipient is a charity, and the … third one, T3, with a charity recipient and no crowding out, which elicits both types of altruism. We use T1 to assess to …

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Charity as a Signal of Trustworthiness

Fehrler, Sebastian - 2010

you are a trustworthy person may, therefore, be an important motive for charity and other forms of prosocial behavior …

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Matched Fundraising : Evidence from a Natural Field Experiment

Huck, Steffen - 2010

We present evidence from a natural field experiment designed to shed light on the efficacy of fundraising schemes in … opera attendees a letter describing a charitable fundraising project organized by the opera house. Recipients were randomly …

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Time vs. Money : The Supply of Voluntary Labor and Charitable Donations Across Europe

Bauer, Thomas K. - 2012

about why individuals spend time and money to the charity. Assuming that volunteering is a consumption good, we analyze the …

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Modelling Charitable Donations to an Unexpected Natural Disaster : Evidence from the U.S. Panel Study of Income Dynamics

Brown, Sarah - 2009

to the victims of the tsunami on future donations to charity, however, our findings suggest an inverse relationship with …

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Charitable Giving for Overseas Development : UK Trends Over a Quarter Century

Backus, Peter; Micklewright, John; Pharoah, Cathy; … - 2021

Charitable giving for overseas development and emergency relief is important in the UK, being about a quarter of the size of government development aid. There has been a strong growth over time, reflecting the activities of development charities and the public response to a series of...

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Incentives and the Design of Charitable Fundraisers : Lessons from a Field Experiment

Carpenter, Jeffrey P. - 2015

There has been little systematic study of the mechanisms typically used to raise money for charity. One of the most … inform fundraising choices …

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Charitable Donations by China's Private Enterprises

Gustafsson, Björn - 2016

The number of private enterprises in China has grown rapidly, and donations from them are an important source of philanthropy in China today. This paper investigates donations given in 2011 by private enterprises using a survey of data covering all 31 provincial-level units of China. The data...

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Choosing a Partner for Social Exchange : Charitable Giving as a Signal of Trustworthiness

Fehrler, Sebastian - 2016

, we study whether trustees can signal their trustworthiness by giving to charity. Our results show that donors are indeed … generosity, such as investments in corporate social responsibility or donations to charity during a political campaign, can …

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Ambiguity and Excuse-Driven Behavior in Charitable Giving

Garcia, Thomas - 2020

A donation may have ambiguous costs or ambiguous benefits. Behavior in a laboratory experiment suggests that individuals use this ambiguity strategically as a moral wiggle room to act less generously without feeling guilty. Such excuse-driven behavior is more pronounced when the costs of a...

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