We examine optimal incentives for charitable giving with a large-scale field experiment involving 26 charities and over 112,000 unique individuals. The price of giving is varied by offering a fixed match if the donation meets a threshold amount (e.g. "give at least $25 and the charity receives a...

Acts of dishonesty permeate life. Understanding their origins, and what mechanisms help to attenuate such acts is an underexplored area of research. This study takes an economics approach to explore the propensity of individuals to act dishonestly across different economic environments. We begin...

An active area of research within the social sciences concerns the underlying motivation for sharing scarce resources and engaging in other pro-social actions. We develop a theoretical framework that sheds light on the developmental origins of social preferences by providing mechanisms through...

Recommended readings (Machine generated): 1. John A. List and David Lucking-Reiley (2000), 'Demand Reduction in Multiunit Auctions: Evidence from a Sportscard Field Experiment', American Economic Review, 90 (4), September, 961-72 -- 2. John A. List (2004), 'Testing Neoclassical Competitive...