two-round dictator game with the subject’s charity of choice as recipient and additional incentives in the first round …

, we study whether trustees can signal their trustworthiness by giving to charity. Our results show that donors are indeed … generosity, such as investments in corporate social responsibility or donations to charity during a political campaign, can …

you are a trustworthy person may, therefore, be an important motive for charity and other forms of prosocial behavior …

competition between charities. Do people have a need to satisfy their demand for giving by contributing to a particular charity … relative price of giving to a randomly selected charity in the choice set by introducing a matching grant. I find weak … substitution between charities when giving to more than one charity is possible, as the donated amounts to individual charities …

you are a trustworthy person may, therefore, be an important motive for charity and other forms of prosocial behavior … higher transfers. The magnitude of these benefits is substantial. -- charity ; signaling ; trust ; trustworthiness …