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Blood donations and incentives: Evidence from a field experiment
Goette, Lorenz; Stutzer, Alois - 2008
blood donations rather than an increase. This paper provides an empirical test of how material incentives affect blood … types of incentive: a lottery ticket and a free cholesterol test. Lottery tickets significantly increase donations, in … particular among less motivated donors. The cholesterol test leads to no discrnable impact on usable blood donations. If anything …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280885
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Blood donations and incentives: Evidence from a field experiment
Götte, Lorenz; Stutzer, Alois - 2019
decrease in blood donations. This paper provides an empirical test of how material rewards affect blood donations in a three … the efficacy of a lottery ticket as a reward vis-à-vis a standard invitation, an appeal, and a free cholesterol test. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012614640
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Blood donations and incentives: evidence from a field experiment
Götte, Lorenz; Stutzer, Alois - 2008
blood donations rather than an increase. This paper provides an empirical test of how material incentives affect blood … types of incentive: a lottery ticket and a free cholesterol test. Lottery tickets significantly increase donations, in … particular among less motivated donors. The cholesterol test leads to no discernable impact on usable blood donations. If …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268920
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Active Decisions and Pro-social Behavior: A Field Experiment on Blood Donation
Stutzer, Alois; Goette, Lorenz; Zehnder, Michael - 2006
In this paper, we propose a decision framework where people are individually asked to either actively consent or dissent to some pro-social behavior. We hypothesize that confronting individuals with the choice of engaging in a specific pro-social behavior contributes to the formation of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390603
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On the channels of pro-social behavior evidence from a natural field experiment
Koppel, Hannes; Schulze, Günther G. - 2009
We conduct a natural field experiment on direct and indirect transfer mechanisms for small donations. Charitable contributions are significantly higher if made indirectly, i.e. if they are tied to the purchase of a good sold at a premium, than if they are made directly. Donations are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267120
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On the channels of pro-social behavior: Evidence from a natural field experiment
Koppel, Hannes; Schulze, Günther G. - 2010
We conduct a natural field experiment on direct and indirect transfer mechanisms for small donations. Charitable contributions are significantly higher if made indirectly, i.e. if they are tied to the purchase of a good sold at a premium, than if they are made directly. Donations are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276080
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Bidding to give in the Field: Door-to-Door Fundraisers had it right from the Start
Onderstal, Sander; Schram, Arthur J.C.; Soetevent, … - 2011
In a door-to-door fundraising field experiment, we study the impact of fundraising mechanisms on charitable giving. We approached about 4500 households, each participating in either an all-pay auction, a lottery, a non-anonymous voluntary contribution mechanism (VCM), or an anonymous VCM. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325653
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Payment Choice, Image Motivation and Contributions to Charity
Soetevent, Adriaan R. - 2009
This paper examines the impact of payment choice on charitablegiving with a door-to-door fund-raising field experiment. Respondentscan donate cash only, use debit only, or have both options. Cash donations have lower visibility vis-a-vis solicitors than debit card donations. When debit replaces...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325785
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Active decisions and pro-social behavior: a field experiment on blood donation
Stutzer, Alois; Goette, Lorenz; Zehnder, Michael - 2006
In this paper, we propose a decision framework where people are individually asked to either actively consent or dissent to some pro-social behavior. We hypothesize that confronting individuals with the choice of engaging in a specific pro-social behavior contributes to the formation of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267437
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Active decisions and pro-social behavior
Stutzer, Alois; Goette, Lorenz; Zehnder, Michael - 2007
In this paper, we propose a decision framework where people are individually asked to either actively consent to or dissent from some pro-social behavior. We hypothesize that confronting individuals with the choice of whether to engage in a specific pro-social behavior contributes to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280904