Early studies often found that offering economic incentives for undertaking prosocial and intrinsically motivated … related to whether crowding out (or substitution) is likely to occur. In many cases, incentives succeed in encouraging more … prosocial behavior and are also cost-effective. However, although the substitution of external incentives for intrinsic …

frequency of donations. -- Incentives ; awards ; public good provision ; pro-social behavior ; public health ; social prestige …

. Implications for research and public policy are discussed. -- Incentives ; altruism ; public good provision ; pro-social behavior …

We examine how economic incentives affect pro-social behavior through the analysis of a unique dataset with information … incentives in a "standard" way; offering donors economic incentives significantly increases turnout and blood units collected … come to a drive but are ineligible to donate when incentives are offered. Further evidence from a small-scale field …