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Comparing charitable fundraising schemes : evidence from a natural field experiment and a structural model
Huck, Steffen; Rasul, Imran; Shephard, Andrew - 2013 - Revised August 2013
alternative fundraising schemes. In conjunction with the Bavarian State Opera, we mailed 25,000 opera attendees a letter … describing a charitable fundraising project organized by the opera house. Recipients were randomly assigned to six treatments … designed to explore behavioral responses to fundraising schemes varying in two dimensions: (i) the presence of a lead donor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010127227
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Charitable giving and nonbinding contribution-level suggestions : evidence from a field experiment
Adena, Maja; Huck, Steffen; Rasul, Imran - 2014
When asking for donations, charitable organizations often use suggestions concerning the amount of potential contributions. In our randomized field experiment, opera visitors received solicitation letters asking to support a social youth project organized by the opera house. The three different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010249632
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Matching donations without crowding out? : some theoretical considerations, a field, and a lab experiment
Adena, Maja; Huck, Steffen - 2016 - (Revised March 2016)
Is there a way of matching donations that avoids crowding out? We introduce a novel matching method where the matched amount is allocated to a different project, present some simple theoretical considerations that predict reduced crowding out or more crowding in (depending on the degree of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011440422
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A note on charitable giving by corporates and aristocrats : evidence from a field experiment
Bassi, Vittorio; Huck, Steffen; Rasul, Imran - 2016
: individuals, corporates and aristocratically titled individuals, respond to the same fundraising drive. Each donor type was …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011455861
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Matched Fundraising : Evidence from a Natural Field Experiment
Huck, Steffen - 2010
We present evidence from a natural field experiment designed to shed light on the efficacy of fundraising schemes in … opera attendees a letter describing a charitable fundraising project organized by the opera house. Recipients were randomly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013136714
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Giving Once, Giving Twice : A Two-Period Field Experiment on Narrow Framing in Charitable Giving
Adena, Maja - 2017
Do donors examine a single ask to donate in isolation or do they consider that other and future asks may come along? In the first year of our field experiment, we vary whether or not potential donors are informed that the ask will be repeated in the following year. This information has dramatic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012955884
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Covid-19 and pro-sociality : how do donors respond to local pandemic severity, increased salience, and media coverage?
Adena, Maja; Harke, Julian - 2022
local areas in England and over 21 weeks. First, we varied the fundraising appeal to either include or exclude a reference …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012821969
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Charitable Giving by the Poor a Field Experiment on Matching and Distance to Charitable Output in Kyrgyzstan
Adena, Maja - 2019
Previous studies of charitable giving have focused on middle or higher income earners in Western countries, neglecting the poor. Despite this focus, the lowest income groups are often shown to contribute substantial shares of their income to charitable causes. In a large-scale natural field...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012864787
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Can Mass Fundraising Harm Your Core Business? A Field Experiment on How Fundraising Affects Ticket Sales
Adena, Maja - 2019
Some companies engage in mass fundraising — where thousands of recipients are asked to make small donations — in … research uncovered significant “ask avoidance” which, if present, could imply that fundraising activities may harm a company …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012864789
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Matching Donations Without Crowding Out? Some Theoretical Considerations, a Field, and a Lab Experiment
Adena, Maja - 2017
Is there a way of matching donations that avoids crowding out? We introduce a novel matching method where the matched amount is allocated to a different project, present some simple theoretical considerations that predict reduced crowding out or more crowding in (depending on the degree of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012969782