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How Can Bill and Melinda Gates Increase Other People’s Donations to Fund Public Goods?
Karlan, Dean - 2013
We develop a simple theory which formally describes how charities can resolve the information asymmetry problems faced by small donors by working with large donors to generate quality signals. To test the model, we conducted two large-scale natural field experiments. In the first experiment, a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013091272
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How Can Bill and Melinda Gates Increase Other People's Donations to Fund Public Goods?
Karlan, Dean - 2020
We conducted a fundraising experiment with an international development nonprofit organization in which a matching … fundraising experiments as well as a survey experiment, we argue this is consistent with a quality signal mechanism. Alternative … provide guidance to organizations and large donors on how to overcome information asymmetries hindering fundraising …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012852731
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How Can Bill and Melinda Gates Increase Other People’s Donations to Fund Public Goods?
Karlan, Dean; List, John A. - 2015
We develop a simple theory which formally describes how charities can resolve the information asymmetry problems faced by small donors by working with large donors to generate quality signals. To test the model, we conducted two large-scale natural field experiments. In the first experiment, a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014168015
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What's Psychology Worth? A Field Experiment in the Consumer Credit Market
Bertrand, Marianne; Karlan, Dean; Mullainathan, Sendhil; … - The Field Experiments Website - 2006
Numerous laboratory studies find that minor nuances of presentation and description change behavior in ways that are inconsistent with standard economic models. How much do these context effects matter in natural settings, when consumers make large, real decisions and have the opportunity to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005490038
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Formando microempresarias: impacto de la capacitación empresarial en las instituciones de microfinanzas y sus socias
Valdivia, Martín; Karlan, Dean - Grupo de Análisis para el Desarrollo (GRADE) - 2010
Los debates académicos y de políticas acerca de la actividad microempresarial se centran frecuentemente en las restricciones crediticias, asumiendo que los negocios se manejan de manera óptima dadas esas y otras restricciones. Los microempresarios, sin embargo, raramente tienen capacitación...
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Business Training for Microfinance Clients: How it Matters and for Whom?
Frisancho, Veronica; Karlan, Dean; Valdivia, Martin - Partenariat en Politiques Économiques (PEP), … - 2008
We measure the impact of a business training program for female microentrepreneur clients of a group banking program in Peru. Using the credit with education model, we assigned clients randomly to either treatment or control groups. Treatment groups received thirty to sixty minute...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005696352
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What's Advertising Content Worth? Evidence from a Consumer Credit Marketing Field Experiment
Bertrand, Marianne; Mullainathan, Sendhil; Karlan, Dean; … - Economic Growth Center, Economics Department - 2009
Firms spend billions of dollars each year advertising consumer products in order to influence demand. Much of these outlays are on the creative design of advertising content. Creative content often uses nuances of presentation and framing that have large effects on consumer decision making in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005357712
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Teaching Entrepreneurship: Impact of Business Training on Microfinance Clients and Institutions
Valdivia, Martin; Karlan, Dean - Economic Growth Center, Economics Department - 2006
Can one teach entrepreneurship, or is it a fixed personal characteristic? Most academic and policy discussion on microentrepreneurs in developing countries focuses on their access to credit, and assumes their human capital to be fixed. However, a growing number of microfinance organizations are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005357758
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What's Advertising Content Worth? Evidence from a Consumer Credit Marketing Field Experiment
Bertrand, Marianne; Karlan, Dean; Mullainathan, Sendhil; … - Economics Department, Yale University - 2009
Firms spend billions of dollars each year advertising consumer products in order to influence demand. Much of these outlays are on the creative design of advertising content. Creative content often uses nuances of presentation and framing that have large effects on consumer decision making in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008472173
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What's advertising content worth? : evidence from a consumer credit marketing field experiment
Bertrand, Marianne; Karlan, Dean; Mullainathan, Sendhil; … - 2009
Firms spend billions of dollars each year advertising consumer products in order to influence demand. Much of these outlays are on the creative design of advertising content. Creative content often uses nuances of presentation and framing that have large effects on consumer decision making in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003811505