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Theory commonly posits agents who care both for the level of provision of a public good and the extent to which they personally contribute to the cause. Simply put, agents feel some "warm glow" from the donations they make. I discuss a fundraiser devised to exogenously vary the incentive to give...
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There has been little systematic study of the mechanisms typically used to raise money for charity. One of the most … inform fundraising choices. …
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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 …
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We report experimental findings on the role of charitable promises in bargaining settings. We vary the enforceability of such promises within variants of ultimatum games where the proposer suggest a split between himself, the responder and a char-itable donation. By reneging on initial pledges,...
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As migration rates increase across the world, the choice of whether to retire in the host or home country is becoming a key decision for up to 15% of the world’s population, and this proportion is growing rapidly. Large waves of immigrants who re-settled in the second half of the 20th century...
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