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All-Pay Auctions vs. Lotteries as Provisional Fixed-Prize Fundraising Mechanisms

Duffy, John; Matros, Alexander - Department of Economics, University of Pittsburgh - 2011

public good provision. We test these predictions in a laboratory experiment where we vary the number of participants, the … probability weighting can help to explain over-bidding in our experiment. …

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“Bucket auctions” for charity

Carpenter, Jeffrey; Holmes, Jessica; Matthews, Peter Hans - In: Games and Economic Behavior 88 (2014) C, pp. 260-276

Donations in-kind can be a mixed blessing for charities, who are often more adept at solicitation than resale. Many organizations rely on raffles to turn donations into cash, but auctions are also common. Theory predicts that all-pay mechanisms should produce more revenue than winner-pay...

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Change agents or counting the change: insights to the role of fundraisers in Australian society and issues facing their professionalisation

Scaife, Wendy A.; Madden, Kym M. - 2006

Fundraising is a field misunderstood in public perception (Giving Australia 2005) yet fundraisers are arguably critical … change agents in Australian society. Debate continues around aspects of whether fundraising is an industry or a profession … professionalisation of fundraising in creating more sustainable organisations and the issues of providing a supply of qualified …

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Corporate philanthropy: who gives and why?

Madden, Kym M.; Scaife, Wendy A. - 2007

INTRODUCTION. This chapter considers what we know, and what we might like to know about corporate philanthropy and community engagement. It does so particularly through a nonprofit marketing lens, that is, from the perspective of the nonprofit organization seeking mission revenue and resources...

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Fundraising Strategies of Nonprofit Organizations: Measuring ROI and Success in a Time of Economic Crisis

Jablonski, Leslie Gwen - 2011

Fundraising is a vital part of many associations across the United States—many organizations depend greatly on the … event industry and its involvement in the realm of fundraising. The aim of the research is to understand how the events …

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Giving patterns of Filipino evangelicals and their implications for developing fund raising strategies of evangelical-based non-governmental organizations

Arboleda, Lucy V. - 2002

This paper studied the giving patterns of Filipino evangelicals and what the implications of these giving patterns are in developing fund raising strategies of evangelical non-government organization (NGOs) in the Philippines. The main methodology used by the study was a random survey of...

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Do fundraisers select charitable donors based on gender and race? Evidence from survey data

Yörük, Barış - In: Journal of Population Economics 25 (2012) 1, pp. 219-243

Recent studies document that people are much more likely to donate to charity and volunteer their time when they are asked to. Using household surveys of giving and volunteering in the United States conducted from 1992 to 2001, which contain questions on whether the respondent was personally...

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Modern theoretical and practical aspects of the process of organisation of financing of socially important projects on the basis of fundraising

Glebova Alla O. - In: The Problems of Economy (2013) 4, pp. 206-211

The article studies the essence of the fundraising notion, which has become popular in Ukraine and is actively used in … help of fundraising, which allows solution of a big number of social problems. In spite of the results of sociological ….). Implementation of the fundraising experience is also important for the bodies of local self-governance, which are responsible for …

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Russian art-market: features of formation and basic problems

Pashkus, M. - In: Annals of marketing-mba 3 (2013) 11

This article examines the state of the facilities of the art market in Russia, the basic problems of investing in art objects and recommendations for the improvement of the art market. Also in the paper investigates the characteristics of consumer behavior when purchasing art objects.

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Relational Warm Glow and Giving in Social Groups

Scharf, Kimberley; Smith, Sarah - Department of Economics, University of Warwick - 2014

Using a newly collected dataset on inquisitorial activity for seven regions, fourteen provinces and 947 municipalities, I analyze the long-term economic consequences of the Spanish Inquisition (1478-1834). I show that inquisitorial activity is negatively associated to regional and provincial...

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