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giving participants an opportunity to attribute small donations to luck. We find that exposing the participants to a plea to … help the beneficiary increases the average donation. Giving participants an opportunity to attribute small donations to …
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giving participants an opportunity to attribute small donations to luck. We find that exposing the participants to a plea to … help the beneficiary increases the average donation. Giving participants an opportunity to attribute small donations to …
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Donations and unpaid working are two important forms of non-market activities that are usually considered separately in … negative link. - No effect can be discerned, based on an honorary office, for payments to unrelated individuals. - Donations to …
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Recent revelations on the use of fiduciary services by the wealthy and political leaders raise concerns regarding the use of such services for tax and creditor evasion. Yet given the secrecy shrouding much of the fiduciary industry, we do not know which fiduciary services are used for such...
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donations; (ii) a negative relationship between group size and the amount given by each donor; (iii) no relationship between …
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Giving has been shown by many studies to be a social phenomenon. However, while people may desire to conform to the donation of others, it is unclear how fundraisers should take advantage of this. In this paper we conduct a field experiment in a workplace, in which employees are sent prominent...
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Giving has been shown by many studies to be a social phenomenon. However, while people may desire to conform to the donation of others, it is unclear how fundraisers should take advantage of this. In this paper we conduct a field experiment in a workplace, in which employees are sent prominent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011198465
donations; (ii) a negative relationship between group size and the amount given by each donor; (iii) no relationship between …
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causes since the website was set up in 2001. Recent figures suggest that online donations are still a relatively small part … text giving are growing at a faster rate than total donations, indicating that this share will grow. In this paper, we … (the median) has 14 donations and raises £245. But, as shown in Table 1, there is substantial variation in the number of …
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Using a newly collected dataset on inquisitorial activity for seven regions, fourteen provinces and 947 municipalities, I analyze the long-term economic consequences of the Spanish Inquisition (1478-1834). I show that inquisitorial activity is negatively associated to regional and provincial...
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