We test an information theory of prosocial behavior whereby ego utility and self-signaling crowd out the effect of … discounts. The evidence suggests that price discounts crowd out consumer self-inference of altruism. Alternative motivation … altruistic motives). By combining a field experiment and a structural model, these findings contribute to a growing literature on …

the donor (impure warm-glow altruism). Consistent with the model's predictions, the experiment shows that priming pure …. In the model agents receive heterogeneous utility from pure and impure altruism (Andreoni 1989) that permits warm glow to … vary between monetary donations and volunteering, thus allowing preferences for impure altruism to rationalize inefficient …

Australia Red Cross Blood Service, we ask what happens when pro-social behavior becomes more costly. Exploiting a natural …

preferences, a source which has hitherto largely been neglected in the economics literature. -- Genetics ; Altruism ; Risk …

Empirical evidence is provided for the importance of non-reciprocal pro-social behavior of individuals in an anonymous …

The selfish life-cycle model or hypothesis is, together with the dynasty or altruism model, the most widely used …

We empirically test an information economics based theory of social preferences in which ego utility and self … a large price discount for the good. The combined evidence supports the self-signaling theory whereby price discounts … crowd out a consumer's self-inference of altruism from buying a good bundled with a charitable donation. Alternative …