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third one, T3, with a charity recipient and no crowding out, which elicits both types of altruism. We use T1 to assess to … intrinsic motivations for giving: warm glow and pure altruism. In particular, we implemented a within-subject experimental … towards the experimenters, (ii) the Crumpler and Grossman (2008) design, T2, in which the recipient is a charity, and the …
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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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to the victims of the tsunami on future donations to charity, however, our findings suggest an inverse relationship with …
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empirically, about the properties of charity auctions. The small theoretical literature suggests that the all-pay auction should … difference between existing theory and the field. To conclude, we show that a model of charity auctions augmented by an …
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you are a trustworthy person may, therefore, be an important motive for charity and other forms of prosocial behavior …
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The predominant part of the literature states that women are more likely to donate tocharitable causes but men are more generous in terms of the amount given. The last resultgenerally derives from the focus on mean amount given...
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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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There is now an extensive literature on "gift exchange" showing that when principals and agents can trade "gifts" (rewards that should not emerge in a competitive equilibrium), exchange becomes more efficient. However, it is not obvious how gift exchange should be organized if the principal's...
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themselves and a passive recipient that is either a charity or the experimenter. When making these decisions subjects are … by altruism toward the recipient. We argue that opting out indicates that giving is also motivated by self-image concerns. …
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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/10005822345