of the donation. Using a Heckman selection model we show, first, that traditional public finance theory can be confirmed …-Auswahlmodell zeigen wir zunächst, dass die traditionelle Theorie der öffentlichen Finanzen bestätigt werden kann. Wirtschaftlich stärkere …

overall charitable donations. We discuss the implications of our experimental results for both theory and policy. …

predicted by theory and our simulations. Our findings highlight the pitfalls of relying on a particular parameterization of a …

study and found to be effective, as predicted by theory and our simulations. Our findings highlight the pitfalls of relying …

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 …