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Research on the effects of positional concerns on individuals’ attitudes and behavior in certain policy-relevant areas is lacking. In this paper, we investigate the relationship between positional concerns, charitable giving and social capital. We use data from the “Caucasus Barometer”...
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There has been little systematic study of the mechanisms typically used to raise money for charity. One of the most … inform fundraising choices. …
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We study how other-regarding behavior extends to environments with uncertain income and conditional commitments. Should fundraisers ask a banker to donate "if he earns a bonus" or wait and ask after the bonus is known? Standard EU theory predicts these are equivalent; loss-aversion and signaling...
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themselves by distance; fundraising (through matching) for one charity raises checkbook giving to that charity, irrespective of … observability of charities' location such that each donor faces a socially close 'home' and a distant 'away' charity. We find that … distance; but checkbook giving to the unmatched charity is not affected. For lead donors, this implies that the social distance …
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