A donation may have ambiguous costs or ambiguous benefits. Behavior in a laboratory experiment suggests that …-driven behavior is more pronounced when the costs of a donation - rather than its benefits - are ambiguous. However, the importance of …

donors, such as expressions of gratitude. In an experiment, we find that offering the option to pledge gifts induces self …

by this finding, I conduct an intertemporal donation experiment to closely investigate this moderation effect. I design … an experiment that mimics a telephone fundraiser and vary both the timing of the donation (immediate vs. delayed) and the …

We investigate the impact of empathy and impulsiveness on charitable giving using a real donation experiment. We … negative relationship between impulsiveness and donation behavior. Specifically, when financial resources are scarce, donations … confirm that greater empathy predicts greater charitable giving. Contrary to recent literature, however, we find a significant …

We conducted a field experiment in the natural setting of blood donations to test how oxytocin relates to empathy and … altruism. We randomly assigned blood donors in the Croatian Institute for Transfusion Medicine to three groups with the aim to … induce different levels of empathy by showing a neutral video to the donors from the control group and an emotional to the …

manipulation, they may generate demand for commitment. We investigate the use of commitment strategies in an online experiment (n … model of state-dependent social preferences, and show evidence for sophisticated commitment to selfishness and altruism. We …

char-itable donation. By reneging on initial pledges, dishonest proposers can turn the bargaining power to their advantage …

opportunity to donate to a local charity. Group compensation and public announcement of performance have little effect on work … to charity, and group compensation significantly increases the share donating. The results suggest that interpersonal …

the results of a controlled experiment (N = 988), designed to evaluate not only the effectiveness of a default … the nudge and the nudger) and behavior in a charity giving context. The results show that while the default nudge was …