's contacts. However, results from a field experiment where broadcasting of the initial pledges was randomized suggest that the … observational findings were likely due to homophily rather than genuine social contagion effects. The experiment also shows that … (30 out of 6.4 million users reached) were made. Finally, an online survey experiment showed that both the presence of an …

's contacts. However, results from a field experiment where broadcasting of the initial pledges was randomized suggest that the … observational findings were likely due to homophily rather than genuine social contagion effects. The experiment also shows that … (30 out of 6.4 million users reached) were made. Finally, an online survey experiment showed that both the presence of an …

hypothesis is tested in a large-scale field experiment on blood donation. We find that this active-decision intervention …

field experiment that compares the principal-first and agent-first orderings to each other and a gift-less control …

experiment randomly assigning participants to four raffle treatments to examine the effectiveness of alternative incentive … revenue gains are available on both margins. Our experiment, and others like it, illustrates the power of field experiments to … inform fundraising choices. …

experiment randomly assigning participants to four raffle treatments to examine the effectiveness of alternative incentive … revenue gains are available on both margins. Our experiment, and others like it, illustrates the power of field experiments to … inform fundraising choices. …

We investigate the determinants of giving in a lab-in-the-field experiment with large stakes. Study participants in … that must be in cash. Qualitative post-experiment responses suggest that this effect is driven by a desire to control how …

to the altruism of donors, these natural experiments help identify heterogeneity in the distributions of the latent … altruism which motivates donors. This study examines gender heterogeneity of volunteer response by blood donors following the … predictions of a model where the distribution of latent altruism has smaller variance among women than men. First, the highest …

We design a new field experiment to test pro-social behaviour: will a household return a letter that has been …