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Chapter 18 Philanthropy
Andreoni, James - In: Handbook of the economics of giving, altruism and …, (pp. 1201-1269). 2006
Philanthropy is one of the enduring areas of economic research. Why would people work hard only to give their earnings … away? The paper explores the theoretical foundations, as well as the empirical and policy research on philanthropy. This …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014023660
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Who gives? : on empathy and impulsiveness
Andreoni, James; Koessler, Ann-Kathrin; Serra-Garcia, Marta - 2017
We investigate the impact of empathy and impulsiveness on charitable giving using a real donation experiment. We confirm that greater empathy predicts greater charitable giving. Contrary to recent literature, however, we find a significant negative relationship between impulsiveness and donation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012119935
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The pledging puzzle : how can revocable promises increase charitable giving?
Andreoni, James; Serra-Garcia, Marta - 2019
What is the value of pledges if they are often reneged upon? In this paper we show - both theoretically and experimentally - that pledges can be used to screen donors and to better understand their motives for giving. In return, nonprofit managers can use the information they glean from pledges...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012129748
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Avoiding the ask : a field experiment on altruism, empathy, and charitable giving
Andreoni, James; Rao, Justin M.; Trachtman, Hannah - In: Journal of political economy 125 (2017) 3, pp. 625-653
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011753792
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Who gives? : the roles of empathy and impulsiveness
Andreoni, James; Koessler, Ann-Kathrin; Serra-Garcia, Marta - 2018
We investigate the impact of empathy and impulsiveness on charitable giving using a real donation experiment. We confirm that greater empathy predicts greater charitable giving. Contrary to recent literature, however, we find a significant negative relationship between impulsiveness and donation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011917123
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Fundraising and the sociality of giving
Andreoni, James (ed.) - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011385657
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Avoiding the ask : a field experiment on altruism, empathy, and charitable giving
Andreoni, James; Rao, Justin M.; Trachtman, Hannah - 2011
views of altruism, such as inequity aversion, and instead highlight the importance of social cues and psychological features … of the giver-receiver interaction. We argue that avoidance could evidence a lack of altruism or self-control strategy to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009422588
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Philanthropy
Andreoni, James - 2006
Philanthropy is one of the enduring areas of economic research. Why would people work hard only to give their earnings … away? The paper explores the theoretical foundations, as well as the empirical and policy research on philanthropy. This …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003352521
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The pledging puzzle : how can revocable promises increase charitable giving?
Andreoni, James; Serra-Garcia, Marta - In: Management science : journal of the Institute for … 67 (2021) 10, pp. 6198-6210
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012665789
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Time inconsistent charitable giving
Andreoni, James; Serra-Garcia, Marta - In: Journal of public economics 198 (2021), pp. 1-18
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012799866