An individual should be indifferent between a rebate subsidy of rate sr and a matching subsidy of rate sm=sr/(1-sr), and the total amount received by the charity should be the same regardless of subsidy type. Recent laboratory and field experiments contradict these straightforward predictions of...

This paper compares the effectiveness of rebate and matching subsidies in the field and, to our knowledge, is the first to control for potential bias introduced by the failure to account for donors' awareness of the offered subsidies. Where previous field experiments have typically been limited...

This paper investigates the potential effect of allowing donors to target voluntary giving to specific government organizations on government's ability to generate additional revenues. We design a ‘real donation' lab experiment to compare giving to general revenue with donor-targeted giving to...

We present online-experimental evidence that challenges the generalizability of established results on subsidizing giving by considering a "quantity donation" scheme. We define this scheme as one in which donors choose how many units of a charitable good to fund, rather than the amount of money...