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A Model of Central vs. Decentralized Government : Self-Interest and Mis-Allocation in Bolivia

Faguet, Jean-Paul - 2003

The recent, much remarked upon decentralization in Bolivia produced four important changes in the nation's public finances: (1) a sharp fall in the geographic concentration of investment; (2) a sea-change in the uses of investment away from infrastructure towards the social sectors; (3) a...

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Unofficial Development Assistance : A Dynamic Model of Charities' Donation Income

Arulampalam, Wiji - 2011

specification. Using a newly assembled long panel of data, we find evidence of a strong, but diminishing fundraising effect. We find …

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Altruistic and selfish motivations of charitable giving : case of the hometown tax donation system in Japan

Yamamura, Eiji; Tsutsui, Yoshirō; Ōtake, Fumio - 2017

In Japan's hometown tax donation system, people can donate to municipalities where they are not resident and in return receive reciprocal gifts from the local governments of those municipalities. A large part of the donated amount can be deducted from their income and residence taxes. This study...

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Why are economics students more selfish than the rest?

Bauman, Yoram; Rose, Elaina - 2009

A substantial body of research suggests that economists are less generous than other professionals and that economics students are less generous than other students. We address this question using administrative data on donations to social programs by students at the University of Washington....

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Political economists are neither selfish nor indoctrinated

Frey, Bruno S.; Meier, Stephan - 2001

Most professional economists believe that economists in general are more selfish than other persons and that this greater selfishness is due to economics education. This paper offers empirical evidence against this widely held belief. Using a unique data set about giving behavior in connection...

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Political Economists are Neither Selfish Nor Indoctrinated

Frey, Bruno S.; Meier, Stephan - 2021

Most professional economists believe that economists in general are more selfish than other persons and that this greater selfishness is due to economic education. In this paper we offer empirical evidence against this widely held belief. Using a unique data set about donating to two social...

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Selfish and Indoctrinated Economists?

Frey, Bruno S.; Meier, Stephan - 2011

Many people believe that economists in general are more selfish than other people and that this greater selfishness is due to economics education. This paper offers empirical evidence against this widely held belief. Using a unique data set on giving behaviour in connection with two social funds...

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Two Concerns About Rational Choice : Indoctrination and Imperialism

Frey, Bruno S.; Meier, Stephan - 2011

Rational Choice Theory is often criticized to indoctrinate students in a negative, which is supported by some … laboratory experiments. But do students of Rational Choice Theory really behave more selfishly? This paper presents evidence from … reaches significant different results than previous studies: Rational Choice Theory does not indoctrinate students. However …

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Optimal targeting in fundraising : a machine-learning approach

Cagala, Tobias; Glogowsky, Ulrich; Rincke, Johannes; … - 2021

Ineffective fundraising lowers the resources charities can use for goods provision. We combine a field experiment and a … causal machine-learning approach to increase a charity's fundraising effectiveness. The approach optimally targets … fundraising to individuals whose expected donations exceed solicitation costs. Among past donors, optimal targeting substantially …

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Selfish Bakers, Caring Nurses? A Model of Work Motivation

Brekke, Kjell Arne; Nyborg, Karine - 2008

Work contributes to people's self-image in important ways. We propose a model in which individuals have a preference for being important to others. This leads to the following predictions: 1) In fully competitive markets with performance pay, behavior coincides with the standard model (bakers)....

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