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On the Impact of State and Local Government Policies on Human Migration: A Log-Linear Analysis
Cebula, Richard - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1974
This study investigates the impact of certain state and local government policies on 1960-70 migration according to race. Black migrants are found to be attracted to states with higher welfare (AFDC) levels and higher levels of state plus local government spending. By contrast, white migrants...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011108867
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Modelling Charitable Donations to an Unexpected Natural Disaster: Evidence from the U.S. Panel Study of Income Dynamics
Taylor, Karl; Brown, Sarah; Harris, Mark N. - Department of Economics, University of Sheffield - 2009
to the victims of the tsunami on future donations to charity, however, our findings suggest an inverse relationship with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008625808
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Economics, Gratitude, and Warm Glow
Amegashie, J. Atsu - Department of Economics and Finance, College of … - 2006
People feel a sense of gratitude when they receive gifts, transfers, or assistance. Based on psychological literature, I argue that gratitude is different from standard notions of reciprocity. Indeed, people derive utility from in-kind transfers (i.e., feel grateful), even if they do not like or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005545258
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Modelling charitable donations to an unexpected natural disaster: Evidence from the U.S. Panel Study of Income Dynamics
Brown, Sarah; Harris, Mark N.; Taylor, Karl - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 84 (2012) 1, pp. 97-110
. Furthermore, when we explore the impact of donations to the victims of the tsunami on future donations to charity, there is …
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Religiosity and state welfare
Dills, Angela K.; Hernández-Julián, Rey - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 104 (2014) C, pp. 37-51
, although this increase is insufficient to replace the decrease in Catholic-provided charity. …
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Negative economic consequences of ethical campaigns?: Market data evidence
Yamamoto, Wataru - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
This study demonstrates how ethical attributes of goods affect market outcomes on the basis of market data and actual ethical campaigns. Among the various types of such attributes, such as eco-label and fair trade label, I focus on cause-related marketing (CRM), which economists study less...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011109216
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Preach What You Practice? Donating Behaviour of Parents and Their Offspring
Brown, Sarah; Srivastava, Preety; Taylor, Karl - Department of Economics, University of Sheffield - 2012
not parents encourage their children to donate to charity in order to unveil information related to the intergenerational … transmission of philanthropic behaviour. Our findings suggest that whether a child donates to charity is influenced by positive … effects from whether the parent donates to charity as well as from whether the parent talks to their child about donating to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010561619
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An Experimental Test of the Crowding Out Hypothesis: The Nature of Beneficient Behavior.
Bolton, G.; Katok, E. - Departament d'Economia i Història Econòmica, … - 1995
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Modelling Charitable Donations: A Latent Class Panel Approach
Brown, Sarah; Taylor, Karl; Harris, Mark N - Department of Economics, University of Sheffield - 2010
donations to charity, a pattern which is reversed in the case of solely religious donations. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008642745
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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
-pay auction. Consistent with the theory, we find that the mpcr matters for contribution amounts under the lottery mechanism …. However, inconsistent with the theory bids are always significantly higher than predicted and there is no significant …
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