by this finding, I conduct an intertemporal donation experiment to closely investigate this moderation effect. I design … an experiment that mimics a telephone fundraiser and vary both the timing of the donation (immediate vs. delayed) and the …

We investigate the impact of empathy and impulsiveness on charitable giving using a real donation experiment. We … negative relationship between impulsiveness and donation behavior. Specifically, when financial resources are scarce, donations … confirm that greater empathy predicts greater charitable giving. Contrary to recent literature, however, we find a significant …

We conducted a field experiment in the natural setting of blood donations to test how oxytocin relates to empathy and … altruism. We randomly assigned blood donors in the Croatian Institute for Transfusion Medicine to three groups with the aim to … induce different levels of empathy by showing a neutral video to the donors from the control group and an emotional to the …

the results of a controlled experiment (N = 988), designed to evaluate not only the effectiveness of a default … the nudge and the nudger) and behavior in a charity giving context. The results show that while the default nudge was …

and can improve individual and public welfare. This paper presents the results of a controlled experiment that was … designed to evaluate not only the effectiveness of a default manipulation on decision making in a charity giving context, but … experiment, and those who kept participating were less likely to pledge again. This, along with high attrition among nudged …

(which they sometimes also create); and in charity and specific organizations. Altruism has various origins: it can be … hedonistic or natural altruism in empathy, affection, sympathy, emotional contagion, pity, and compassion; or normative altruism …Altruism, giving and pro-social conduct, and reciprocity, are the basis of the existence and performance of societies …

We show that warm-glow motives in provision by competing suppliers can lead to inefficient charity selection. In these … situations, discretionary donor choices can promote efficient charity selection even when provision outcomes are non …-competitive effect on charity selection, raising the value of charity provision per dollar of funding …

A donation may have ambiguous costs or ambiguous benefits. Behavior in a laboratory experiment suggests that …-driven behavior is more pronounced when the costs of a donation - rather than its benefits - are ambiguous. However, the importance of …