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When a nudge backfires : using observation with social and economic incentives to promote pro-social behavior
Bolton, Gary E.; Dimant, Eugen; Schmidt, Ulrich - 2019 - This version: April 21, 2019
Both theory and recent empirical evidence on nudging suggest that observability of behavior acts as an instrument for promoting (discouraging) pro-social (anti-social) behavior. Our study questions the universality of these claims. We employ a novel four-party setup to disentangle the roles that...
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Does nudging intentions translate into action? : why nudging pledges to charities does not result in increased donations
Gaudeul, Alexia; Kaczmarek, Magdalena C. - 2017
and can improve individual and public welfare. This paper presents the results of a controlled experiment that was … designed to evaluate not only the effectiveness of a default manipulation on decision making in a charity giving context, but … experiment, and those who kept participating were less likely to pledge again. This, along with high attrition among nudged …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011694731
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'Feel the Warmth' Glow : A Field Experiment on Manipulating the Act of Giving
Chuan, Amanda - 2013
We conducted a field experiment with a charitable group to investigate whether giving the donor an option to write a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013074045
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The effect of effectiveness : donor response to aid effectiveness in a direct mail fundraising experiment
Karlan, Dean; Wood, Daniel - 2014
We test how donors respond to new information about a charity's effectiveness. Freedom from Hunger implemented a test … effectiveness, whereas small prior donors decrease their giving. We motivate the analysis and experiment with a theoretical model … that highlights two predictions. First, larger gift amounts, holding education and income constant, is a proxy for altruism …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010338773
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Does online salience predict charitable giving? : evidence from SMS text donations
Perroni, Carlo; Scharf, Kimberly A.; Talavera, Oleksandr; … - 2021
We explore the link between online salience and charitable donations. Using a unique dataset on phone text donations that includes detailed information on the timing of cash gifts to charities, we link donations to time variation in online searches for words that appear in those charities'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012692241
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Viral Altruism? Charitable Giving and Social Contagion in Online Networks
Lacetera, Nicola - 2014
How do social media affect the success of charitable fundraising? We use individual-level longitudinal data and …'s contacts. However, results from a field experiment where broadcasting of the initial pledges was randomized suggest that the … observational findings were likely due to homophily rather than genuine social contagion effects. The experiment also shows that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013053938
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Do people behave in experiments as in the field? : evidence from donations
Benz, Matthias (contributor); Meier, Stephan (contributor) - 2006 - This version: January 31, 2006
Laboratory experiments are an important methodology in economics, especially in the field of behavioral economics. However, it is still debated to what extent results from laboratory experiments can be applied to field settings. One highly important question with respect to the external validity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003347253
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Information avoidance, selective exposure, and fake(?) news : a green market experiment
Momsen, Katharina; Ohndorf, Markus - 2019
information is potentially erroneous. In our laboratory experiment, subjects purchase products associated with co …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012061477
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Information avoidance, selective exposure, and fake(?) news : a market experiment
Momsen, Katharina; Ohndorf, Markus - 2020
information is potentially erroneous. In our laboratory experiment, subjects purchase products associated with co …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012437558
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Perceived Motives and Reciprocity
Orhun, A. Yesim - 2017
In reciprocal interactions, both genuine kindness and self-interested material gain may motivate socially beneficial actions. The paper presents results from two experiments that distinguish the role of perceived motives in reciprocal decision making from the role of outcomes or perceived...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012954733