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This paper studies the effect of information about a charity's size on individuals' donations to that charity. We conducted a framed field experiment with a non-student sample, in which subjects had the opportunity to donate for various charitable purposes. The results show that if subjects are...
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In many countries the government supports individuals' and companies' donations dedicated to charity organizations or { more general { to public goods. Yet the effects of governmental support with respect to the provision of public goods has been and still is subject to an extensive debate in...
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This study designs a natural field experiment linked to a controlled laboratory experiment to examine the effectiveness of matching gifts and challenge gifts, two popular strategies used to secure a portion of the $200 billion annually given to charities. We find evidence that challenge gifts...
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fundraising - depend on the intensity of competition among NGOs and on the degree to which they are refinanced by governments. We …' fundraising. Official funding tends to increase administrative costs. Nevertheless, officially financed NGOs spend relatively more … on charitable activities since they are less concerned with collecting private donations through fundraising efforts. …
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-governmental organizations (NGOs). In particular, we analyze whether noncharitable expenditures for administration, management and fundraising … competition is associated with more efficient foreign aid activities of NGOs, rather than leading to excessive fundraising … charitable activities since they are less concerned with collecting private donations through fundraising efforts. …
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of voluntary giving in Germany for humanitarian crisis in distant countries. I consider as indicators for transnational …
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How does the environment of an organization influence whether workers voluntarily provide effort? We study the power relationship between a non-profit unit (e.g. university department, NGO, health trust), where workers care about the result of their work, and a bu- reaucrat, who supplies some...
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Spendensammelnde Nonprofit-Organisationen (NPOs) verfügen verglichen mit gewinnorientierten Unternehmen ähnlicher Grösse über relativ hohe finanzielle Reserven in Form eines Finanzvermögens. Deren Höhe hängt von verschiedenen Faktoren ab, die im Rahmen der vorliegenden Studie untersucht...
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