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Optimal targeting in fundraising: A machine-learning approach
Cagala, Tobias; Glogowsky, Ulrich; Rincke, Johannes; … - 2021
Ineffective fundraising lowers the resources charities can use for goods provision. We combine a field experiment and a … causal machine-learning approach to increase a charity's fundraising effectiveness. The approach optimally targets … fundraising to individuals whose expected donations exceed solicitation costs. Among past donors, optimal targeting substantially …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012662717
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Generosity across contexts
Davis, Alexander L.; Miller, John H.; Weber, Roberto A. - 2011
Extensive research in economics explores generosity in monetary allocations, while generosity in non-laboratory contexts often involves the allocation of consumption goods or non-monetary harm. Psychological evidence suggests that generosity may be higher in such contexts. We compare generosity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010316844
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Tax Avoidance and Intra-Family Transfers
Nordblom, Katarina; Ohlsson, Henry - 2005
To what extent do people avoid taxes on intra-family transfers (bequests and gifts), and how would integration (unification) of the different transfers taxes affect tax avoidance? These issues are important for families and their welfare, as well as for governments and their possibilities of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321612
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Post Mortem Reputation, Compensatory Gifts and Equal Bequests
Lundholm, Michael; Ohlsson, Henry - 1999
The empirical evidence suggests that parents use inter vivos gifts (i.e., transfers of tangible and financial property) to compensate less well off children whereas post mortem bequests are divided equally among siblings. We study a theoretical model assuming, first, that the amounts given is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321811
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Comparative statics of altruism amd spite
Milchtaich, Igal - 2008
each other's payoff. A positive, negative or zero weight represents altruism, spite or complete selfishness, respectively …) payoff can only increase or remain unchanged with an increasing degree of altruism. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010336031
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Happiness functions with preference interdependence and heterogeneity: The case of altruism within the family
Bruhin, Adrian; Winkelmann, Rainer - 2007
This study investigates the prevalence and extent of altruism by examining the relationship between parents' and their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010315538
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A competitive equilibrium for a warm glow economy
Allouch, Nizar - 2009
Despite a widespread interest in the warm glow model [Andreoni (1989,1990)], surprisingly most attention focused on the voluntary contribution equilibrium of the model, and only very little attention has been devoted to the competitive equilibrium. In this paper, we introduce the notion of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280776
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Is altruism bad for cooperation?
Hwang, Sung-Ha; Bowles, Samuel - 2008
embodying both reciprocity and altruism we show that unconditional altruism towards other members attenuates the punishment … contributions. Increases in altruism may also reduce the level of benefits from the public project net of contribution costs and … punishment costs. The negative effect of altruism on cooperation and material payoffs is greater the stronger is the reciprocity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287831
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An experiment on donations, personal stories, and bad luck
Bar-El, Ronen; Hatsor, Limor; Snir, Avichai - 2023
We conducted two fundraising experiments to study the effects (1) of compassion towards the beneficiary, and (2) of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014388408
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Generosity across contexts
Davis, Alexander L.; Jehli, Nadja R.; Miller, John H.; … - 2015
Extensive research in economics explores generosity in monetary allocations. However, generosity often involves the allocation of non-monetary goods or experiences. Existing evidence suggests that generosity may be higher in such contexts, though no direct comparison exists. Here, we compare...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011282461