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Charitable giving and optimal public policy in a competitive equilibrium with multiple equilibria
Al-Nowaihi, Ali; Dhami, Sanjit S. - 2010
giving (perverse comparative statics) while at a high equilibrium (HE) the comparative statics are normal (subsidies promote … giving). The perverse comparative statics at LE preclude using subsidies to move the economy to HE. We show how temporary …
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Market failures as premises of granting state aid
Bartniczak, Bartosz - In: Economic and environmental studies : a journal for … 17 (2017) 3, pp. 475-489
Economists from centuries have been leading discussions on the role of state in economy. Some of them are in favour of state’s wide interference in economy while others seek to limit the role of the government. One of the arguments for the necessity of state interventionism in the market...
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Subsidizing quantity donations : matches, rebates, and discounts compared
Diederich, Johannes; Eckel, Catherine C.; Epperson, Raphael - 2019 - This version: November 22, 2018
We present online-experimental evidence that challenges the generalizability of established results on subsidizing giving by considering a "quantity donation" scheme. We define this scheme as one in which donors choose how many units of a charitable good to fund, rather than the amount of money...
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Subsidizing unit donations : matches, rebates, and discounts compared
Diederich, Johannes; Eckel, Catherine C.; Epperson, Raphael - 2020 - This version: October 7, 2020
An influential result in the literature on charitable giving is that matching subsidies dominate rebate subsidies in … level, rebates lead to a higher likelihood of giving while matching and discount subsidies lead to larger donations by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012385386
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The long-term impact of matching and rebate subsidies when public goods are impure : field experimental evidence from the carbon offsetting market
Kesternich, Martin; Löschel, Andreas; Römer, Daniel - 2014
In this paper, we investigate both short- and long-term impacts of financial stimuli on public goods provision when contributions are tied to individual harm-related behavior. We conduct a large-scaled field experiment to examine voluntary contributions to a carbon offsetting program during the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010433354
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The long-term impact of matching and rebate subsidies when public goods are impure : field experimental evidence from the carbon offsetting market
Kesternich, Martin; Löschel, Andreas; Römer, Daniel - 2014 - Version: November 2014
In this paper, we investigate both short- and long-term impacts of financial stimuli on public goods provision when contributions are tied to individual harm-related behavior. We conduct a large-scaled field experiment to examine voluntary contributions to a carbon offsetting program during the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010434048
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Verbraucherinformation und -beratung: Finanzierung umstritten
Hagen, Kornelia - In: DIW Wochenbericht 75 (2008) 21, pp. 278-285
Die Bundesregierung hat verschiedentlich als eines der verbraucherpolitischen Ziele genannt, dass die Finanzierung einer anbieterunabhängigen Verbraucherarbeit auf einem angemessenen Niveau sichergestellt werden soll. Gefordert wurde zugleich, dass Verbraucherarbeit künftig stärker als...
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When R&D is Not a Public Good, Why Subsidize it?
McClure, James - 2017
to be the basis for enormous governmental transfers of resources. The explanation of unwarranted subsidies is … that it, as a public good, needs to be subsidized vanishes. Yet the prima facie case for public subsidies of R&D continues … paper offers an entirely new argument against R&D subsidies. Specifically, unwarranted R&D subsidies destabilize new …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012962813
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Alleviating Tax Distortion by Subsidizing Private Donation to Public Goods
Ishida, Ryo - 2015
Many industrialized countries implement a policy to enhance private donations to public goods, i.e. tax deduction for charitable donation or further aggressive tax credit. There are already many theories supporting such favorable policies for private donations. However, there is another reason...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013022685
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The Long-Term Impact of Matching and Rebate Subsidies When Public Goods are Impure : Field Experimental Evidence from the Carbon Offsetting Market
Kesternich, Martin - 2014
In this paper, we investigate both short- and long-term impacts of financial stimuli on public goods provision when contributions are tied to individual harm-related behavior. We conduct a large-scaled field experiment to examine voluntary contributions to a carbon offsetting program during the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013043119