expect that the offer of thank-you gifts will increase donations, such offers actually reduce charitable donations. This … effect was obtained across a wide variety of charities and gifts types, regardless of whether the donations were hypothetical … or real, the gift was desirable or undesirable, the charity was familiar or unfamiliar, or the gift was more or less …

“credit” for their donations, i.e., are perceived as less intrinsically charitable. These donors are perceived as having …

public goods affects donations of time and money and provides evidence of crowding out. They find a negative and … statistically significant relationship between government spending and donations of money and time. They also find that volunteers …

the environment, public funds are inexpensive, and public abatement is relatively productive. The analysis also shows that …