We study in a sample of 1,070 primary school children, aged seven to eleven years, how altruism in a donation … theories of reciprocal altruism that provide a cornerstone for understanding human social behavior. We find that higher risk … tolerance and patience in intertemporal choice increase, in general, the level of donations, albeit the effects are non …

We study with a sample of 1,070 primary school children, aged seven to eleven years, how altruism in a donation … theories of reciprocal altruism that provide a cornerstone to understand human social behavior. We find that higher risk … tolerance and patience in intertemporal choice increase, in general, the level of donations, albeit the effects are non …

. Those lacking a sibling match must seek donations from the population at large. The probability that two persons of the same …

This paper is an empirical study of the motives for charitable donations, based on a unique data set of the English … National Opera. Merging all their box office and fundraising data, our data set not only contains individuals’ donations, but … public good – here, new productions – to have access to a private good – here, fringe benefits – and by altruism. The results …

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 …

We study with a sample of 1,070 primary school children, aged seven to eleven years, how altruism in a donation … theories of reciprocal altruism that provide a cornerstone to understand human social behavior. We find that higher risk … tolerance and patience in intertemporal choice increase, in general, the level of donations, albeit the effects are non …