the question, is giving in Dictator Games an expression of altruism or an artifact of experimentation? What is unique … and take from a charity. We do this by allocating the initial endowment in one of three ways: either all to the subjects …, all to the charity, or evenly between the two. Subjects are allowed to either contribute or take back as little or as much …

donations. We also primed between-subjects the emphasis on the donation value to the charity (pure altruism) or the sacrifice to … volunteering time to donating money when monetary donations are, ceteris paribus, more efficient for providing resources to charity …. In the model agents receive heterogeneous utility from pure and impure altruism (Andreoni 1989) that permits warm glow to …

Glow ; Cold Prickle ; Charity ; Altruism … giving in Dictator Games an expression of altruism or an artefact of experimentation? What is unique about this paper is that ….e. charitable organizations). Our study focuses directly on subjects'; willingness to contribute to and take from a charity. We do …

We test how donors respond to new information about a charity's effectiveness. Freedom from Hunger implemented a test … that highlights two predictions. First, larger gift amounts, holding education and income constant, is a proxy for altruism …). Second, those motivated by altruism will respond positively to appeals based on evidence, whereas those motivated by warm …

their effect across charity space and time. We find that major fundraising appeals lift total donations, but surprisingly …

their effect across charity space and time. We find that major fundraising appeals lift total donations, but surprisingly …